The oasis of villainous Kuo-Toa, aka Thrall's Tomb

Corwin · December 28, 2006, 07:24:01 AM

[23:01] <Sand> IT IS VERY HOT.
[23:02] <Sand> Even behind your layers of fiendish resistance, magical armour, and sheer toughness, the pulverising heat of the Calim Desert rains upon you. Gale, Lucia, and Sylvaria all look particularly bad, the bard himself sweating his way forward as he travels through mile after mile of meaningless sand to take the party to a certain tomb.
[23:03] <Sand> Re'Laizary, and the tiefling mage (who Re'Laizary named as Naintya earlier) have two differing expressions; the former appearing alternately sickly depressed and forcibly contained fury, while the latter seems almost carefree as she stumbles along.
[23:05] * Maz is pretty carefree herself, only lacking a lot of gold in her life to attain perfect happiness.
[23:05] <Thrall> At least they have camels so they don't have to walk it! On the surface, Thrall seems to have returned to his usual grim demeanour since departing the tower, though he does remain slightly distracted as he ponders weighty matters over his place in the world and so on.
[23:05] <Sand> Night falling is a welcome relief from the onrush of heat, even if it is just as cold as the day is hot. At least some members of the group find this preferable... "Much better," affirms Gale, after camp is made. "Nothing like... well, a more bearable temperature. After I'm done with this, I will most definately travel north."
[23:06] <Maz> "Don't travel too far north," Maz cautions him. "Pretty nasty people live there."
[23:07] <Thrall> "Makes me miss the sea, if nothing else..." Thrall observes, looking out over the oppressive desert dunes in all directions as night falls and they make camp.
[23:07] <Maz> "The sea was most exciting," Maz agrees, nodding at Thrall.
[23:08] <Sand> Naintya snorts, almost with laughter. She keeps her tounge to herself, however. Lucia nods slightly to herself as Maz and Thrall speak. "I wouldn't mind taking another voyage someday," she comments. "Once you get used to the swaying, it's quite relaxing."
[23:10] <Korin> "I don't see how it could be relaxing, though then again, I've never been out to sea either," Korin comments with a shake of his head.
[23:10] <Maz> "Quite a bit of time to research into various spells, when the weather isn't bad," Maz muses in response to Korin. "Unlike here, traveling through the desert."
[23:11] <Thrall> "Tell me you wouldn't like to take a dip in the cool ocean after a week of marching through this?" Thrall asks Korin, gesturing expansively at the sand all about them.
[23:12] <Korin> "I don't know, I've heard tales of giant sea monsters....I don't think they're worth a dip in the ocean for," the skeptical swashbuckler replies.
[23:13] * Thrall snorts. "No worse than the giant monsters you can find in the desert... we used to travel with a guy who went off to hunt a blue dragon. Wonder what ever happened to him..." he wonders.
[23:13] <Sand> 4"...like that, huh?"1 you hear, the first words from Naintya's lips you've heard since you left the tower. They're whispered, just under her breath. 4"..shut up." 1 replies Re'Laizary, turning from the other tiefling.
[23:14] <Thrall> Thrall's ears perk up at the Abyssal words, but he makes no other sign of recognition. Better for them to assume he's just a dumb savage and keep talking, after all...
[23:15] <Maz> "We might as well decide what to do with this Naintya woman," Maz says then, glancing at Lucia. "You wanted to save her soul and all that, but how are we going to do that?"
[23:18] <Sand> Lucia starts for a moment. 'Um... I didn't think that far ahead,' she admits. Naintya, for her part, chooses this moment to speak up. 'Fear not. Since your timely interruption, it seems my soul will be my own, once again,' she replies, with a slight touch of regret. 'As Elric seems to have been mislead about the power he has- and can grant- I see no reason to worry about such things any further.'
[23:20] <Maz> "Really?" Maz asks skeptically. "That ritual you did seemed pretty nasty. The way I understood it, if you die you'll pretty much go to hell. Literally."
[23:21] <Thrall> "Oh, I'm sure he could have had real power, if he'd succeeded..." Thrall comments darkly, letting Maz discuss the actual ritual her fellow tiefling took part in.
[23:21] <Sand> 'Perhaps,' she replies, with a hint of surprise in her voice. 'Of course, it seems my life is to continue, and thus, should I choose to avoid such a fate, it will be so.'
[23:23] <Maz> "A few dozen years, maybe a century... and then eternity in the Abyss." Maz frowns. "Doesn't quite strike me as a fair bargain. And I really don't like to do a half-assed job of saving people." She preens. "I have my pride, you realize."
[23:24] <Sand> "Please. Most of us are going there anyway," she snorts. "The only difference between one way and the next is the bargaining power involved."
[23:25] <Maz> "That's one way of looking at it," Maz agrees, nodding. "A fatalistic way from a person who gives up in advance, a quitter, but still a way."
[23:27] <Carthrat> "Heh, heh, heh. The real one who gave up is sitting next to-" 4"Shut. Up."
[23:28] <Thrall> "Hoping to get a few century's advance on when you might get promoted up from being among the lowest ranked fiends in Hell?" Thrall asks amusedly, beady dark eyes peering at Naintya as he continues to ignore the Abyssal dialogue.
[23:28] <Maz> "I can't say I'm upset over my beloved sister no longer trying to kill me," Maz says with a shrug. "It's about time, really. It only took her, what, a decade and change?"
[23:30] <Carthrat> "Better than being a petitioner for some god," she snorts, derisively. "Oh? Perhaps you should ask her about that."
[23:31] * Maz turns to smile at Relly. "So, what's up?" she asks her sister.
[23:32] <Carthrat> 4"Kill you? You know as well as I that wasn't what I wanted,"1 she replies. Her mouth opens to say more, but it snaps shut, and she shoots a hateful look at... everyone, really.
[23:34] <Maz> 4"Well, it did seem like a lengthy string of abuse culminating in my sacrifice, so forgive me for the generalization," Maz responds, her eyes briefly mirroring the look of hatred.
[23:35] <Carthrat> 4"What goes around comes around,"1 she replies, blandly.
[23:36] <Maz> 4"Like I ever did anything to you that went beyond telling a few petty lies," Maz returns, seething.
[23:38] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary rolls her eyes. 4"I'm not sure what rock you hit your head on while you were out... trapising... but it certainly seems to have jolted your memory,"1 she snorts.
[23:40] <Maz> "Well, yes," Maz admits. "Apparently, something did happen, which I had no control over, but I don't recall you ever bothering to find out just how it happened and why," she says, speaking in common.
[23:45] <Carthrat> 4"That's right. You have no control. Neither of you," states Naintya. 4"Well, that's not quite true. Hmph. They only want one of you for the ritual. Either'll do."
[23:46] <Maz> 4"Well, that's just tough fucking luck," Maz says harshly. 4"They won't get either."
[23:47] <Carthrat> Relly starts for a moment, and then just shakes her head again. 4"Just a few lies, huh."
[23:49] * Maz is silent for a short while, before sighing. 4"I might as well start from the beginning, or where is began for me," she says slowly. "We met a seer, an elf girl near some mystical well in a Tethyr desert, and she showed me something I had no recollection of. Over time, I grew to accept that what I was shown was possible, that it existed." She sighs again. 4"It showed me killing you."
[23:50] <Carthrat> 4"So glad you remember."
[23:52] <Maz> 4"It might come as a shock to you that I remember trying to fight it off, but dear old dad was far too powerful for me at the time. I tried to take him on after he released his hold on me, but all that got me was a bruise and scorn." Maz looks away. 4"I'm pretty certain I've never hated another person as much as I did him, at that time."
[23:54] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary is silent, now, lacking any witty comeback. You see her head incline a very, very short distance. 4"Demons, hating demons, who'd have thought?" Naintya, it seems, is under no such restraint.
[23:56] <Maz> 4"Astonishing," Maz deadpans, before she turns back towards her sister. 4"I've been trying to find proof, one way or the other, and arrange a meeting with you. I felt confident you would see me, if it meant the chance to capture me. Unfortunately, until now, our paths did not cross."
[23:59] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary's hateful expression suddenly turns to muted despair again, the erratic woman wiping her face with her shackled hands. 4"Artful.." she says, though there's little heart in it.
[00:01] <Maz> 4"I stood a pretty good chance of getting this proof," Maz tells her. 4"I met that woman... Fearlorn? I remembered her being there. She wanted something from me, and I could make that part of the trade. But it was not to be, and I take it she betrayed me. This was to be expected, I suppose...."
[00:04] <Carthrat> 4"Fearlorn! That bitch doesn't care about anything but profit," mutters Re'Laizary. Naintya, however... 4"You wanna know where she is?"
[00:07] <Maz> 4"It might be interesting. But I figure I have my confirmation now, if only from how my sister has been acting." Maz snorts, then. 4"I must admit I am at a loss. Through all this time, I could not manage to come up with a foolproof method of proving my innocence beyond any doubt. I doubt the word of a greedy bitch, to paraphrase a certain someone, would be of much help under the circumstances."
[00:10] <Carthrat> Naintya is quiet for a moment. 4"She sold you out, though. Told her-" she jerks a finger at Re'Laizary. 4"Told me, too." 1She's starting to giggle, lips curled into a smile. 4"'course, that's how I could get her up there. I thought you were going to kill her, though. Pity, then they'd start coming for you all the-" 4"Shut the fuck up!" snarls Re'Laizary, lunging at Naintya!
[00:11] <Carthrat> It's difficult for her to really attack the other tiefling, what with her bonds, but she's certainly in better shape to grapple than the mage, and in a moment the two are down in the sand.
[00:13] <Thrall> "Hey!" Thrall gets up and marches over, going to put himself between the battling tieflings and hold them apart, one on each hand. "Behave yourselves!" he snaps irately.
[00:14] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary tugs briefly at Thrall's hand (ye gods, she's strong for a half-dead woman), while Naintya lets herself be pulled apart. 4"Bitch, you better hope I don't get out of this," snarls Re'Laizary, giving up her futile effort.
[00:15] <Maz> 4"What is it with the violence?" Maz asks in exasperation. 4"If you don't believe me, why take it out on her?"
[00:15] <Thrall> "Sit. Down," Thrall glowers at Re'Laizary as he hoists her away from Naintya and pushes her back down into a sitting position before letting go but keeping vaguely tense in case she tries anything further.
[00:15] <Carthrat> 4"That little bitch planned to sacrifice me to her fucking.. I don't know what the hell he was,"1 she snarls, utterly undaunted by Thrall's words. 4"You think I developed a taste for that sort of shit, huh?"
[00:16] <Korin> "Anyone care to clue me in on what's going on?" the swashbuckler asks, not having been able to follow most of the conversation going on.
[00:17] <Maz> "Naintya is evil and doesn't want to play nice," Maz says, indicating the tiefling in question. "It is getting somewhat difficult to keep on wanting to save her."
[00:17] <Thrall> Well, she can yell all she wants, just so long as she doesn't attack anyone. Thrall goes to sit down himself once more. "Re'Laizary's upset because Naintya planned to have her sacrificed to some demon," he informs Korin, scowling as he eyes the pair.
[00:19] <Carthrat> 4"You understand me, huh..." mutters Re'Laizary, glancing at Thrall. "Doesn't matter, I guess, you still don't get it. It's a fucking chess metaphor, like that whole castle."
[00:19] <Korin> "So if it's a chess metaphor, you're nothing more than a pawn, huh?" Korin asks wrily.
[00:20] <Carthrat> "Tch!" says Re'Laizary, turning her face away.
[00:21] <Maz> "You know, I think I could protect you now," Maz tells Relly with exaggerated casualness. "I'm not a little girl anymore, I could hold off the losers who'll come looking for us, especially if my friends help."
[00:23] <Carthrat> Naintya falls over and starts laughing, while Re'Laizary, rather than taking this to heart- or getting angrier- simply shudders. "Al'Maz, the only thing that's really protecting you from them is distance and inclination! It's just like the bitch said. They only want one of us. They think it's fucking hilarious for us to fight it out, I'm sure. But you think that they'd really give up their prized sacrifice so easy-" (More.)
[00:23] <Carthrat> "-unless they were sure they'd get it back?"
[00:24] <Korin> "Who's 'them', Thrall? Any clues?" Korin asks of the half-orc, since he's far more knowledgeable about Miss Despot and her twisted screwed up family.
[00:25] <Maz> "I think they miscalculated," Maz says coldly. "They keep on seeing us as we were, not as what we're becoming. As they laugh and stall, our powers grow, and we develop alliances. I refuse to believe we're doomed to failure from ths start!"
[00:26] <Seraphin> "House Nebes," Seraphin provides to Korin, shrugging. "At least that's who I think she's talking about."
[00:26] <Thrall> "She's talking about her and Maz's family," Thrall tells Korin. "We killed a few of her cousins when we were at sea - you remember that ghost that turned into a tiger in the tower? That was one of them. And that thing in the middle of the third level was meant to be their father, at first before it started changing into other stuff."
[00:27] <Carthrat> "They'll start with Retrievers!" says Naintya, almost giddy.
[00:27] <Korin> "Ah," Korin says with a short nod. Turning to Re'Laizary and Maz, he comments, "You girls have a seriously messed up family, you know that? And I say that with mine apparently not being a bed of roses either."
[00:27] <Maz> "The urge to gag you, it is growing exponentially," Maz tells Naintya angrily.
[00:28] <Carthrat> "Bah, you're a bastard, not a real member of the 'family'. Be thankful," mutters Naintya, towards Korin. "They even made sure you were *conceived* in a bloody rip."
[00:29] <Thrall> "We haven't even gotten started on Seraphin's paternal family tree..." Thrall shakes his head dourly as Korin starts to see just the kind of family messes they have to deal with.
[00:29] <Maz> "Exciting," Maz says, raising her right eyebrow as she looks at Korin. "So we're related? Small world...."
[00:30] <Korin> "If she's telling the truth, anyhow," Korin replies with a slightly scrunched up face.
[00:31] <Carthrat> "Just because you're both demon-spawn doesn't mean you're related," snorts Naintya. "Please, why would I lie? I know all about you three. Al'Maz, the runaway. Seraphin, the princess. Korin, the dreamer." She pauses a moment. "Ain't many who know about you, I guess," she adds, glancing at Korin.
[00:32] * Maz shrugs, and loses interest in Korin. "Listen," she tells Relly. "We did take down a memory of Dad, a shadow of him. We're already strong enough for that. With just a bit more time, we'll be ready to face the real thing! And even if they send... things... after us, whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger."
[00:35] <Thrall> "Some of the shadows in there were stronger than the real thing... that Baneite, at least," Thrall puts in, frowning in thought. Of course, isn't he a shadow himself? And he's certainly eclipsed the abilities of his template...
[00:37] <Carthrat> "I've already seen that memories are easily twisted," mutters Re'Laizary. "What about me, dammit? You think I would've bothered to come and get you if *I* could've run away and hid, too? You're lucky, you were never meant to know much about our House, or allies. But I did, and-" Her mouth clamps shut, her eyes widening a little.
[00:39] <Maz> "But you can, now!" Maz insists, moving towards Relly to grasp her shackled hands.
[00:42] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary shrinks back, trying to pull her hands away from Al'Maz's outstretched ones. "There.. there isn't hope!" she screams, a scream that becomes almost a plea. "Not for thirteen years!"
[00:43] <Maz> "Hope got me this far, and I'm not about to leave you behind!" Maz insists. "If yours is lacking, mine will have to do for the both of us!"
[00:48] <Carthrat> "Hope only got you here because... because I have hate... if I leave that behind, there's nothing for you," she whispers, her hands shaking a little. Angel Scour, from it's tightly bundled position, seems to whine a little...
[00:50] <Maz> "If I have you around, that's plenty," Maz tells Relly quietly. "Can't you see that?"
[00:52] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary continues to back away, and a moment later, she slouches to the ground, hands pressed against it and kneeling. Naintya looks at her with no small degree of derision...
[00:55] <Maz> "I'm sorry I failed you before, when we were children," Maz tells Relly, kneeling in front of her. "Can you give me another chance?"
[00:59] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary looks up at you, eyes quivering between narrow and open. "Who could help it, in a place like that?" she whispers. Naintya turns away, rolling her eyes.
[01:04] <Maz> "I suppose you'd want me to call you by your full name?" Maz ventures, settling more comfortably on the sand. "Because I could, if it mattered that much to you."
[01:05] <Carthrat> "It's.. please," replies Re'Laizary, softly.
[01:05] <Carthrat> "If someday, I don't need hate, and you don't need hope.. then maybe I can stand it."
[01:07] <Maz> "I still prefer Maz," she cautions, nodding at Relly's words. "I like short names, the shorter the better. But I suppose it's a bit like a new start, with me getting to know you all over again." Maz pauses, examining the name in her mind before saying it out loud. "Re'Laizary it is."
[01:12] <Thrall> "Hmph, speaking of new starts... I wonder if I should even still be called Thrall, since I'm not really him," the half-orc observes quietly. "I'd half considered changing it after killing Elric even before finding out what I really am."
[01:12] <Maz> "Conan is a mighty, manly name," Maz observes, not taking her eyes off her sister.
[01:14] <Carthrat> "Well.. Maz..." mumbles Re'Laizary. "I have but one more month to drag you back home before the collectors begin calling."
[01:15] <Thrall> "Conan?" Thrall repeats thoughtfully. "I'll think about it..."
[01:17] <Maz> "Then we should make the month a productive one," Maz replies thoughtfully. "I feel I'm on the verge of an important breakthrough, an entirely new way of looking at magic. I already experienced a few... well, we can call them signs or symptoms, but a proper designation is not important, here. A month's worth of studying and training will have to be enough, and we are now more prepared than before, having both a rough time table and an idea of
[01:17] <Maz> having both a rough time table and an idea of what to expect to come after us."
[01:20] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary shakes her head, wildly. "We.. we can flee," she pronounces. "Maz, there is no victory in being out here! It's stupid! It's idiotic to remain where you can be targeted... even if you grow in strength. But.. well.. The Underdark, is it true that those sorts of scrying and movement spells don't work, there?"
[01:25] <Thrall> "The Underdark isn't exactly a safe place, itself," Thrall snorts. "Besides, we still have work to do up here," he adds with a glance towards Lucia.
[01:25] <Maz> "I might know of a place where we can get to the Underdark," Maz muses out loud, her eyes gaining a faraway looking. "Not a particularly pleasant place. But if we have a month yet, we shall have plenty of time to head there, trust me."
[01:27] <Carthrat> "Ah... yes, that's right," chimes in Lucia. "Well.. that was the main problem in Calimshan. I've no doubt there are several more... but after seeing that tower, we really, really need to close them. I think we can all agree on that with twice as much vehemence."
[01:28] <Maz> "We do," Maz agrees, "though I don't believe other individuals are as determined to break the boundaries between dimensions and planes of existence that readily. Elric really was unique in that."
[01:29] <Thrall> "True, but others can still use that power for ill, as the Sharrans proved in Tethyr," Thrall observes. "And every one of them threatens the existence of magic in the Realms."
[01:30] <Maz> "You don't need to convince me," Maz says with a smile. "I was merely pointing out the likelihood of something like the tower repeating."
[01:39] <Carthrat> "Please," snorts Naintya. "Elric was the first to try and tap into it. But there are others... like his father, for instance," she says, pointing at Korin. "Don't think these rips haven't happened before. But now, with your fool goddess busy..." She practically gloats at Lucia, who flushes angrily.
[01:41] <Maz> "Do you have anything useful to contribute besides scorn?" Maz asks her flatly. "For the life of me I cannot fathom where all that arrogance is coming from. Your magely powers are nothing to write home about, and we took you down quickly and effectively, without breaking a sweat."
[01:41] <Korin> "Okay, you mentioned my father and my being conceived in a 'bloody rip' was it, earlier? Can you elaborate a bit more, or are you going to stick to criptic?" Korin asks, finally tired of remaining quiet.
[01:42] <Maz> "She's not cryptic, she's bitchy," Maz corrects Korin. "She must not know all that much besides what she already said."
[01:44] * Korin sighs with a bit of frustration. "You know, it's frustrating that everyone seems to know more about my lineage than me."
[01:45] <Carthrat> "Would you prefer me to pretend to be subservient and doting?" she snorts. "Yes, well, that's what happens when you waste your years wandering around with a tramp... hmph. I have no spellbook. I have no scrolls. I assure you, I have nothing memorized worth writing home about, nor components. But I do, indeed, know more about your lineage than you. Are you seeing where this is going?"
[01:46] <Maz> "Yes, I blame the Abyssal rumor mill," Maz agrees, sighing. "Such terrible gossipers." She glances at Naintya curiously. "You're trying to offer us information to secure your personal freedom?"
[01:47] <Carthrat> "That would be about the sum of it. Don't get me wrong. I don't give two shits about you. Time and place, you know how it is."
[01:48] <Maz> "That's nice. Well, then, do tell us a story."
[01:49] <Carthrat> "I'll tell you half a story," she replies, snorting. "I'll tell you the other half when I'm untied and given enough supplies to get back to town."
[01:49] <Maz> "How about us releasing you when we reach a town, instead?" Maz offers.
[01:50] <Carthrat> "Whatever. But you don't get the second half until I'm free," she responds, rolling her eyes.
[01:51] <Maz> "You don't trust us?" Maz asks innocently. "Stop, please, you'll make me weep."
[01:51] <Carthrat> Naintya stops, shrugging her shoulders.
[01:52] <Maz> "Lucia, it seems she doesn't really want to be saved," Maz speaks to the cleric. "I feel the trade she offers is acceptable, but I won't do it if you have reservations."
[01:55] <Carthrat> Lucia pauses a moment. "What will you do when you are released?" she asks, sounding a little hesitant. Naintya continues to roll her eyes, being the only part of her body she has really free movement over. "What do you think? Go rescue lost puppies? I'll leave Calimshan. Who knows what comes after. Without a spellbook, there isn't much. Ain't looking forward to rejoining House Scioan. No, I think I'll lie low for a few years."
[01:56] <Carthrat> "Dying doesn't appeal quite so much, anymore. I'll be staying away from that, by whatever means necessary."
[01:56] <Carthrat> Lucia pauses again, and then sighs. "I guess.. without a spellbook, even if you wanted to cause trouble.." she muses, quietly.
[01:59] <Maz> "The good side might seem lame and all, at first glance, but they're the ones who tend to win in the end," Maz comments. "You should give this some thought. Villains always go down in flames eventually." She curls her lip in disgust at the horrid, flamy concept. "In any case, tell us enough to get our interest, tell us more when we arrive to town and have a truth spell working, and you're free to go. I'll even throw your components in to sweet
[02:00] <Maz> I'll even throw your components in to sweeten the deal!"
[02:04] <Carthrat> "Huh. I'll bite," she mutters. "To be honest, your dad is pretty meaningless. Some tiefling from house Scioan. Kidnapping, rape, the usual deal for those thugs. And it was all done in a particular spot, a rip in the weave. But your dad's dad's dad, or so on and so forth, wasn't quite your usual demon."
[02:06] <Carthrat> "He's what you call a *Dream Larva*, boy. He's the demon that's created out of all the nightmares of every living being on Faerun. He still walks the world today, his powers waxing and waning as time goes by. But you were the first person in his ancestry that would have the fortune to be born within a rip of the weave."
[02:09] <Carthrat> "It was prophecized, you know. Depended on who you walked the world with. If you walked the world with your father, you'd grow up to be just like your grandad. Grow up with your mother, and you'll die before they get a chance to turn you. But there's a way- a special way, in the prophecy, that'd give those scions of evil one last hope to truly grasp the powers of nightmares in the generation."
[02:12] * Korin raises an eyebrow. "And that special way is...?" he asks, even though he's fairly certain given how she's stopped that the little tidbit is her price for freedom.
[02:13] <Carthrat> "I'll tell you when I'm free," she replies, cheerily.
[02:13] <Maz> "That's the half of a story?" Maz asks her.
[02:14] <Carthrat> "It's most of the story, actually. But the last bit is the juciest," she reponds, showing a fang as she grins at you.
[02:14] <Maz> "I see," Maz says, nodding. "And you don't actually care about the rest of us, since Korin is the juiciest gossip?"
[02:15] <Carthrat> "I wouldn't say that. Korin isn't gossip at all. I only found out about him because I got interested in all this shadow magic... but I suppose I could tell you *where* I found out. Later."
[02:16] <Maz> "As well as where one could find that nasty white-haired woman, if one were inclined to thank her for her efforts, I suppose," Maz muses. "Alright." She glances at Korin. "Are you satisfied with the story? Do you want to know how it ends?"
[02:20] <Korin> "I do have to say I am curious as to what that special way is," Korin admits. "If only to ensure such a thing wouldn't happen."
[02:21] <Maz> "There we have it," Maz agrees, nodding. "Now we're all happy." She glares at Naintya. "So stop egging my sister on."
[02:23] <Carthrat> Naintya gives you a smile of purest innoncence. Apart from the fangs.
[02:30] <Carthrat> "I guess that's just how it is," mutters Lucia, sounding more annoyed than her previous sadness. "Enough excitement for me, I think. Sleep sounds so very, very nice."
[02:39] <Thrall> "Agreed," Thrall nods to Lucia. "I'll take first watch," he offers.
[02:42] <Carthrat> <->
[02:42] <Carthrat> The next day...
[02:45] <Carthrat> "Stand and deliver! Your money or your life!" pronounces the lone man, wearing full-plate mail and carrying some kind of long pipe- "Ah, a musket," says Gale, nodding. "So.. inelegant."
[02:46] <Korin> "Oh you have to be kidding me. It's too early for some moronic bandits," Korin grumbles as he places his hand on his forehead and shakes his head.
[02:46] * Thrall frowns as he looks around a moment from atop his camel. "There's only one of you," he comments, sounding plainly disappointed.
[02:46] <Maz> "Do you have money, Mister Bandit?" Maz asks him sternly. "Because I don't want to bother unless you have a lot of it."
[02:47] <Carthrat> OOC: Make spot checks, yeah.
[02:47] * Seraphin yawns, brushing back her now black tipped silver hair. "Really now."
[02:47] <Thrall> roll 1d20
[02:47] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20 and gets 10."12 [1d20=10]
[02:47] <Korin> roll 1d20+0 Spot-check!
[02:47] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+0 Spot-check! and gets 19."12 [1d20=19]
[02:47] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[02:47] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28."12 [1d20=18]
[02:47] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[02:47] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 24."12 [1d20=19]
[02:48] <Seraphin> "Well, between the seven of them, they should have SOME money..." Seraphin remarks idly, pointing out each one in turn.
[02:49] <Maz> "Well then," Maz says, relaxing somewhat as she snaps her fingers, ready to cast....
[02:49] * Thrall sighs as he draws his fiery axe. "And they should at least have some supplies to be this far out in the desert," he agrees. "My rations are starting to get a bit stale."
[02:50] <Carthrat> "I'll take that as a 'life'," he growls. OOC: Init yeah. Geez.
[02:50] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[02:50] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5."12 [1d20=1]
[02:50] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[02:50] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5."12 [1d20=3]
[02:50] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[02:50] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22."12 [1d20=16]
[02:50] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[02:50] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 7."12 [1d20=1]
[02:51] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 team NPC because I'm lazy
[02:51] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 team NPC because I'm lazy and gets 6."12 [1d20=4]
[02:51] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 BadGuys
[02:51] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 BadGuys and gets 5."12 [1d20=5]
[02:51] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Korin > Seraphin > NPC > wtfeveryone'
[02:55] * Korin pushes his mount towards the foolish bandit with the musket, pulling out the rapier formerly belonging to Elric, and now in his possession, as he attempts to run the fool through with it once he's close enough.
[02:55] <Korin> roll 1d20+13 rapier piercingness
[02:55] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 rapier piercingness and gets 28."12 [1d20=15]
[02:55] <Korin> roll 1d6+7
[02:55] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d6+7 and gets 13."12 [1d6=6]
[02:56] <Carthrat> His thick plate mail is easily slid by, as Korin vengefully stabs his armoured foe! "Grargh! This is the last time Ked Nelly asks before shooting!"
[02:58] <Maz> "This is indeed the last time you ask anything," Maz affirms.
[02:59] <Seraphin> Seraphin kicks he rmount into action, moving around behind the man and lashing out with her shortsword at his back and neck!
[02:59] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[02:59] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21."12 [1d20=9]
[02:59] <Seraphin> roll 4d6+4
[02:59] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 4d6+4 and gets 12."12 [4d6=1, 1, 4, 2]
[03:01] <Carthrat> Your loyal friends (and sibling, and acquaintaces) leap into action! Lucia casts a spell upon everyone present, blessing them in the name of Mystra! Gale rides forward and swipes at the lead warrior, just as Re'Laizary fires a trio of arrows at him! Sylvaria fires one, too, and 'Relly' also rides up next to him in order to strike him down! How everyone fits is a mystery!
[03:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 Gale!
[03:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 Gale! and gets 18."12 [1d20=18]
[03:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+4
[03:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+4 and gets 6."12 [1d8=2]
[03:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[03:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[03:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24."12 [1d20=12]
[03:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26."12 [1d20=14]
[03:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[03:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11."12 [1d20=4]
[03:02] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+12
[03:02] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d8+12 and gets 25."12 [2d8=7, 6]
[03:02] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 Sylvaria!
[03:02] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 Sylvaria! and gets 11."12 [1d20=11]
[03:02] <Carthrat> He's torn apart in a flurry of arrows and swords!
[03:03] <Thrall> With the leader down, Thrall goes for one of the others pointed out by Seraphin, keeping his profile low and swinging his axe overhead and down at the unlucky bandit!
[03:03] <Thrall> roll 1d20+10 (-5 expertise and -4 power attack)
[03:04] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+10 (-5 expertise and -4 power attack) and gets 14."12 [1d20=4]
[03:04] <Carthrat> OOC: Still Hits Damage gogogo
[03:04] <Thrall> roll 1d12+20
[03:04] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d12+20 and gets 27."12 [1d12=7]
[03:05] <Thrall> roll 1d6 flaming!
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d6 flaming! and gets 6."12 [1d6=6]
[03:06] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude1vsThrall
[03:06] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude1vsThrall and gets 24."12 [1d20=16]
[03:06] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude2vsThrall
[03:06] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude2vsThrall and gets 28."12 [1d20=20]
[03:06] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude2vsThrall threat wtf
[03:06] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude2vsThrall threat wtf and gets 19."12 [1d20=11]
[03:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude3vsSeraphin
[03:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude3vsSeraphin and gets 19."12 [1d20=11]
[03:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude4vsGale
[03:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude4vsGale
[03:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude4vsGale and gets 14."12 [1d20=6]
[03:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude4vsGale and gets 20."12 [1d20=12]
[03:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 dude6vsMaz
[03:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 dude6vsMaz and gets 12."12 [1d20=4]
[03:08] <Carthrat> roll 3d6 dude1vsThralldamage
[03:08] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d6 dude1vsThralldamage and gets 7."12 [3d6=3, 2, 2]
[03:08] <Carthrat> roll 6d6 dude2vsThralldamage
[03:08] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 6d6 dude2vsThralldamage and gets 24."12 [6d6=4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3]
[03:09] <Carthrat> roll 3d6 dude2vsThralldamage reload!
[03:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d6 dude2vsThralldamage reload! and gets 6."12 [3d6=1, 2, 3]
[03:09] <Carthrat> roll 3d6 dude3vsSeraphin
[03:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d6 dude3vsSeraphin and gets 15."12 [3d6=6, 4, 5]
[03:09] <Carthrat> roll 3d6 dude4vsGale
[03:09] <Carthrat> roll 3d6 dude4vsGale
[03:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d6 dude4vsGale and gets 12."12 [3d6=3, 4, 5]
[03:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d6 dude4vsGale and gets 8."12 [3d6=1, 3, 4]
[03:09] * Maz chants the words for the spell that would transform her into a flying elf, and takes to the air as soon as the transformation takes place, soaring up as high as she can go!
[03:10] <Carthrat> A volley of shots rings out, but they're not enough to stop a certain charging half-orc, who soundly decapitates the nearest one to him!
[03:13] * Korin moves on to the next closest bandit, and again attempts to run them through with the rapier.
[03:14] <Korin> roll 1d20+14
[03:14] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+14 and gets 28."12 [1d20=14]
[03:14] <Korin> roll 1d6+7
[03:14] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d6+7 and gets 12."12 [1d6=5]
[03:15] <Carthrat> Korin stabs his foe through his shabby leather armour, able to pierce straight to the heart of the matter!
[03:17] <Seraphin> Replicating her previous activities, Seraphin rides after Korin, snapping her opal into place before reigning the camel in, and lashing downwards!
[03:17] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+14
[03:17] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+14 and gets 19."12 [1d20=5]
[03:18] <Seraphin> roll 4d6+5
[03:18] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 4d6+5 and gets 16."12 [4d6=1, 6, 1, 3]
[03:18] <Carthrat> The man below expires messily!
<--->
And then we won, and got loot!

Corwin · December 28, 2006, 07:42:41 AM

[23:06] <Carthrat> Calimport looms ahead, along with Naintya's hopes for freedom. Re'Laizary keeps as far a distance from the other tiefling as possible- though always a straight, unimpeded line from herself to Naintya's back.
[23:08] <Thrall> "So, any plans while we're in Calimport?" Thrall asks his companions as their camels plod over the dunes towards the shimmering city on the horizon. "Since we probably don't need to worry about Elric's guild there, anymore..."
[23:10] <Maz> "We're low on funds," Maz voices unhappily. "Taking on a job to rectify that would be great."
[23:11] <Carthrat> "I think I'm going to catch a boat somewhere," says Gale, idly. "Anywhere but here will do."
[23:11] <Thrall> "Good idea," Thrall nods. "If your family is going to be sending greater demons after us, we could do with better equipment." In spite of his grim words, he actually smiles. Interesting times ahead, at least.
[23:13] <Maz> "I'm fairly confident they'll oblige by starting small," Maz says dismissively. "Apparently I'm a weakling beneath their notice."
[23:14] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary gives an amused snort. "If wishes were fishes..."
[23:17] <Carthrat> "Where will we find work?" asks Lucia, blinking. "I mean.. we're not that short of money, are we?"
[23:18] <Maz> "There is probably a guild for the enterprising adventurer," Maz responds with a shrug. "And we're pretty close, actually. We can't even afford to stay in Calimport for long unless we find work, or work finds us."
[23:19] <Thrall> "Or if we sell our gear, but that just makes things even worse," Thrall adds.
[23:19] <Maz> "There are still those firearms..." Maz suggests, trailing off.
[23:20] * Thrall snorts. "I'd always heard they were easy to use, but I can't get the hang of them. Considering how scare firepowder is, we might as well offload them."
[23:21] <Maz> "Easy to use, yes," Maz agrees. "Easy to hit moving enemies with, not as much."
[23:22] <Carthrat> "Useless, graceless weapons!" rants Re'Laizary. "They're like crossbows, but worse! Not only do you need little round balls, but you need some.. some.. some stupid magic pixie dust to make them work! And half the time they break! And you can only shoot things once before reloading!"
[23:22] <Thrall> "Gnome dust," Thrall corrects, smiling a bit at Re'Laizary's fervour.
[23:23] <Carthrat> You approach the gates of Calimport, great gaudy arches apparent. The noontime air is thick with hustle and bustle...
[23:25] * Maz turns towards the woman she dubbed Relly and asks her, "So, any chance you remember where you used to live?"
* Retrieving #dunes modes...
[23:26] <Carthrat> "..no, not really," she replies, glumly. "I don't think I should stay around here long, you know. Someone might recognize me, and... it doesn't really feel right to pretend to be someone who's dead. Especially if I don't know anything about.. me."
[23:28] <Maz> "You could always find out more. Ask people who knew you!" Maz smiles at her. "Besides, you're not really dead, just... changed. I guess."
[23:28] <Carthrat> "Why bother?" she replies, shrugging. "It'd be too weird. You might call it running away, but I'd really rather just start as a new person."
[23:29] * Thrall frowns a bit, recalling 'his' captain and other friends from the Ravage... "It's your choice... I can understand feeling that way, knowing what we are, even if I can remember all of 'Thrall's' life as if it were mine."
[23:29] <Maz> "Well," Maz says thoughtfully, "if you really want to give this a try, I might know someone in Tethyr who could help you get a new start on life."
[23:29] <Carthrat> "Eh?"
[23:30] <Carthrat> "I was thinking of going off with Gale..." she muses.
[23:30] <Maz> "That also works," Maz says, nodding, "though his girlfriend might get jealous."
[23:31] <Carthrat> "Hmm? I suppose. It's not like I have any ideas along those lines," she blinks. "I'd rather just give the whole adventuring thing a good long try. It seems to be the place to go for people who don't want to be defined by who they WERE."
[23:32] <Thrall> "That it is," Thrall nods sagely.
[23:37] <Korin> "Well, if you want to go adventuring, you're going to have to find some people to do it with. Doing it alone sometimes prevents you from taking jobs," Korin grimaces as he says this. "The clerk fellow at the adventuring guild in this town is one of those bastards that won't give jobs to solo adventurers."
[23:37] <Carthrat> "Must have a relative in Mulhorand..." mutters Re'Laizary.
[23:38] <Thrall> "We could give them a look over, maybe," Thrall nods. "Just so long as I don't have to clear rats out of someone's basement..."
[23:39] <Maz> "It must pay well and place us on the side of justice," Maz agrees, mirroring Thrall's nod.
[23:41] <Carthrat> As you walk past the guards of Calimport... "MMMH! MMMPHPHP! MMHPMPNNEMPHP!" growls Naintya, struggling against her bonds!
[23:42] <Carthrat> One of the guards turns a sharp eye towards the party. "Bounty? Drop her off at the gate," he says.
[23:43] <Carthrat> "That would be us," he adds.
[23:43] <Maz> "Runaway, actually," Maz interjects. "Nasty little thing. We're returning her to her family."
[23:43] <Maz> "Potty mouth like you wouldn't believe," she adds with a grimace.
[23:45] <Carthrat> OOC: Yeah bluff check ftw.
[23:45] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 18."12 [1d20=14]
[23:47] <Carthrat> "Riiiiiiiiiight," he replies, yawning a little. "Good luck with that."
[23:47] <Maz> "Thanks," Maz tells them with a smile, and proceeds inside.
[23:48] <Carthrat> "I do believe we will be parting ways here, sadly," says Gale, following you towards one of the main intersections. "I've no desire to stick around in the sands any longer." Sylvaria nods emphatically, while 'Relly' maintains a neutral expression.
[23:48] <Thrall> "More trouble than she's worth, I think..." Thrall glares a bit at Naintya, moving closer. "We said we'd let you go, but if you want us to hand you to the guards then keep it up. A few years rotting in Calimport's dungeons won't do your complexion any favours, though."
[23:49] <Korin> "Would being out of it really help in either case?" Korin jokes a bit.
[23:49] <Maz> "She does belong to a guild," Maz muses out loud. "A guild that the other guilds hate."
[23:52] * Seraphin smiles, leaving the group to their deliberations over the evil tiefling and just giving Gale an embrace. "At least things turned out well?" she inquires, flashing a smile at the aasimar she met what feels like ages ago.
[23:53] <Carthrat> Gale pats Seraphin on the back, returning the hug. "Better than I hoped," he replies, cheerfully. "I hope all of you can beat your demons," he adds. "In both metaphorical and literal senses."
[23:54] <Maz> "Don't be a stranger," Maz tells Relly, patting her shoulder as she follows Seraphin to their departing allies. "If you ever need to find us, Ardandamus in Darromar would be a great place to start."
[23:55] <Carthrat> "Hmph," mutters Re'Laizary, giving 'Relly' a baleful stare before turning away.
[23:55] * Thrall just gives their departing friends a smile and a nod, baring his tusks in a friendly meaning if not looking gesture. "Take care of yourselves."
[23:56] <Carthrat> "Bye!" says Sylvaria, grabbing Gale and trying to pull him away from Seraphin. He allows himself to be yanked, giving the party a friendly wave.
[23:56] * Seraphin winks to Sylvaria as she pulls away fgrom Gale, smirking. "Hit him a couple times ofr me, dear," she offers in final parting, trying to not laugh.
[23:57] <Carthrat> The three of them manage to get swallowed up into the Calimport crowd, vanishing from sight in short order.
[23:59] <Maz> "Well, time to have her complete her part of the bargain," Maz says, indicating the bound and gagged tiefling.
[00:00] <Carthrat> She doesn't look thrilled, though not terribly apprehensive, either.
[00:03] <Carthrat> The Temple of Illmater, surrounded by beggars and the dregs of society shines, like a beacon of soup- I mean hope- for the disenfranchised masses.
[00:03] * Maz seeks out the monk she had met there when she visited a week earlier.
[00:04] <Carthrat> His eyes look up with a glance of familiarity as you approach. "Ah, hello," he says, quietly. "Have your recent days brought fruit, my child?"
[00:06] <Maz> "Indeed!" she responds perkily. "We busted that nasty guild that was stirring up trouble here, but while we got their leader, plenty of the minions can still be around." She pouts then, and indicates the bound Naintya. "That's one of the minions. She agreed to tell us everything if we set her free, so I figured you might want to hear the evidence you asked me to bring you earlier."
[00:08] <Carthrat> "I see... very well," he responds, sounding very tired. "Come, bring her to one of our confessionals, and we will conduct this talk."
[00:08] <Carthrat> He motions towards a small room, behind the altar.
[00:08] * Maz nods, and motions for the others to follow her.
[00:08] * Thrall decides to wait outside, this not being directly relevant to him, and it being a small room and all.
[00:09] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary is markedly disdainful. "I should've offered to do it. With my bare hands..." she murmurs, giving the temple of Illmater a derisive look before following Thrall outside.
[00:09] <Carthrat> Lucia gives her a mournful glance before trailing after Maz...
[00:10] * Seraphin waits next to Thrall, not all -that- curious to see it live and in person. "A few of us could've tortured her, just that we can't trust those answers, dear," Seraphin answers Maz's sister, smiling plainly.
[00:11] <Carthrat> "We could've also killed her, and had the cleric Speak With Dead," she continues. "THEY don't lie."
[00:12] <Seraphin> "I think you'd be amazed," Seraphin snorts, still offering that warm, almost motherly smile.
[00:12] <Maz> "Now, now, we should show mercy to those weaker than us," Maz says, trying to calm them down. "Much, much weaker."
[00:13] <Thrall> "Or just get the cleric to cast a Commune spell," Thrall shrugs. "This way is combines reliability with cheapness. The latter an especially important aspect to your sister."
[00:13] <Maz> "Money is very important," Maz agrees readily.
[00:14] <Carthrat> "A pity..." mumbles Lucia and Re'Laizary, in unison.
[00:15] <Maz> "What is?" Maz asks them curiously.
[00:16] <Carthrat> "The perceived importance of money," murmurs Lucia, gloomily. "Those fucking Waukeenar," swears Re'Laizary, clenching a fist.
[00:17] <Maz> "Yes, well, wands of healing cost money, spell components cost money, research costs money, weapons and equipment cost a lot of money, even staying in this city somehow costs money."
[00:17] <Thrall> "It's not the money that matters, it's the things it can afford you," Thrall agrees dourly.
[00:19] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary isn't listening, mumbling a veritable tirade on cheating clergy, while Lucia just shrugs.
[00:22] <Maz> "Money's plenty capable of doing good, too," Maz says next, waving her hand at the temple they're in. "These guys are bound to be getting funding and charity and channel it all into helping others."
[00:22] <Carthrat> "You don't need to explain money to me. Really," mutters Lucia.
[00:30] <Carthrat> Naintya is hustled forth into the 'Confessional', where her gag is removed... and her mouth does not open!
[00:31] <Korin> "Miss Despot likes corrupting your thought processes though," Korin comments at Lucia as he waits for spellcasting to be done so questions can be asked.
[00:31] <Carthrat> "Please, ask your questions here," says the kindly priest. "The confessional is sacrosanct... all things spoken here must be true..."
[00:32] <Carthrat> Lucia rolls her eyes, pointedly ignoring Korin as she walks away.
[00:32] <Maz> "People do not like you much in this city," Maz says with the utmost truthfulness. "We only keep our end of the bargain you proposed if you do the same."
[00:32] <Carthrat> "Whatever, I'm here, aren't I?"
[00:36] <Korin> "Alright, do you want us to start asking questions, or do you just want to start telling us a story?" Korin asks.
[00:37] <Carthrat> "Ask away! You'll do that anyway, why waste my breath on a story?"
[00:41] * Korin sighs. "Well, I would have preferred not to have to prompt you, but alright. First question: Did you lie about anything you said when you were trying to get your freedom from us?"
[00:43] <Carthrat> "Oh, heavens no."
[00:47] <Korin> "Alright, good to know. Then let's go to the heart of the matter. You said something about a special clause in the prophecy, and that it allowed the powers of nightmares to fall into the hands of evil, and I'm connected to this, correct?"
[00:48] <Carthrat> "'course I am. You ARE the power of nightmares. Or at least you've got potential." She yawns. "Yeah, that's right. If you're with the Princess when she is crowned, you're certain to fall to evil. I think that's how it goes."
[00:50] <Korin> "What princess?" Korin asks, looking somewhat confused. He's fairly certain he's never met royalty.
[00:51] <Carthrat> "That Seraphin girl," she replies, chortling. "And to think! You were calling *Al'Maz* 'Miss Despot', when she turned her back on all that!"
[00:52] * Korin blinks and looks at Seraphin. "Well, this is new."
[00:53] <Maz> "Yes, charming," Maz interjects. "What did Elric promise you for your cooperation?"
[00:53] <Carthrat> "The power of nightmares without needing to go through all the demonic prophecy stuff," she recites. "Extending beyond death, and all that. Since he's walking proof that it... well.. could've worked.."
[00:54] <Maz> "Did you actually get anything from him?"
[00:54] <Carthrat> "...no..."
[00:55] <Maz> "Wow, were you ripped off or what," Maz deadpans.
[00:55] <Maz> "Anyway, I'm done with you. Tell our friendly monk everything he needs to know about Elric's acitivities, would you?"
[00:56] <Carthrat> "Hmph."
[01:01] <Korin> "Is there any clause for the reverse? Something that ensures the 'power of nightmares' doesn't fall into the wrong hands?" Korin asks, after a bit of pondering.
[01:02] <Carthrat> "I guess if you act like a good little boy, do your homework, don't steal from old ladies, and keep your shiny alignment or whatever intact, you'll be fine. Oh, and don't let the Princess be crowned, however the fuck THAT'S supposed to happen. In fact, you should just stay away from her. Even though then you'll probably be kidnapped and dragged back at some point."
[01:02] <Carthrat> "In fact, you guys are fucking lucky to be with each other right now. Small world, huh. Go kill a few other fiend-touched bastards for me, rar rar rar and all that."
[01:04] <Korin> "She's such a pleasant personality," Korin mutters as he shakes his head.
[01:06] * Maz walks outside with a friendly wave at the monk, eager to be away from the mean-spirited Naintya.
[01:08] <Korin> "She's such a pleasant personality," Korin mutters as he shakes his head. "Well, I don't really have anything else to add, I guess, so have fun, Naintya. Can't say it was pleasant meeting you."
[01:09] <Carthrat> "Love you, too."
[01:10] <Maz> "Adventuring guild, here we come!" Maz announces once she's outside, stretching out her arms.
[01:13] <Thrall> "Hope they have something profitable," Thrall rumbles. "Find out anything interesting?" he asks as they leave.
[01:14] <Maz> "She was a total loser," Maz says happily. "Didn't even get paid."
[01:15] <Carthrat> The Stiltain Adventuring Guild isn't terribly interesting on the outside.. or the inside... but the clerk is! A cheerful young woman rather than the dour man Korin met- "Hi! Are you ready to walk down the path to ADVENTURE?!"
[01:16] <Maz> "Hellow!" Maz responds just as cheerfully. "Are there people stirring up trouble in the desert with the Weave with bounties over their heads?"
[01:17] <Carthrat> "NO!"
[01:17] <Carthrat> "BUT!"
[01:19] <Carthrat> "There's a giant... thing... that's drained the Zal-charris dry, and that's bad!" she replies, cheerfully. Too cheerfully. "The Zal-charris is, if you don't know, one of the key oasises in Calimshan- it's got a real Portal to the Elemental Plane of Water in it, and it's those portals that allow people like us to keep drinking water! But... well... since it's dried out, that spells bad news for the whole country. Unless YOU go and FIX IT!"
[01:20] <Maz> "Are WE getting PAID with real MONEY?" Maz asks, matching her excitement.
[01:20] <Carthrat> "NO!"
[01:20] <Carthrat> "BUT!"
[01:20] <Carthrat> "You will be paid with DIAMONDS."
[01:21] <Thrall> "Those are just as good as money," Thrall interjects, sadly lacking the excitement of the two women. But he does like diamonds!
[01:21] <Maz> "How much?" Maz asks businesslike.
[01:23] <Carthrat> "They're worth about four-thousand gold when you put them together!" she squeals. "And you can use the portal for free, if you want to go swimming!"
[01:23] <Carthrat> "The actual JOB is to make sure the water is flowing again, by the way. So if you kill the... thing... you still need to fix it. The worm by itself is only worth HALF."
[01:23] <Maz> "How far is the oasis itself from here?"
[01:24] <Carthrat> "Two days to the northwest."
[01:25] <Maz> "You mentioned a worm," Maz states. "Then, you know of the cause of this?"
[01:26] <Carthrat> "Sadly, we don't," she replies, wincing a little. "All we know is that there's a big worm and it's drinking all the water. And eating people. And we're not sure if someone PUT it there or not."
[01:27] * Maz glances at Thrall with a frown. "Four grand, doesn't sound much. What are your thoughts?"
[01:27] <Carthrat> "It's not quite right," she continues. "There's normally water elementals in the oasis to fight off weird things like that. Even if they're beaten, more come through the portal..."
[01:28] * Thrall would almost laugh. It was what, three months ago when he considered 500 gold a fair price for risking his life? "Since I don't see any more profitable jobs around, we might as well take this one."
[01:30] <Maz> "I suppose," she says slowly, still frowning. "I guess we could take it, if you'd throw in some information into the deal. Those Weave rip-related things? Any rumors you hear would be great."
[01:31] <Carthrat> "What's a Weave-Rip?"
[01:31] <Maz> "A rip in the Weave."
[01:32] <Thrall> "Magic goes wild or stops working there," Thrall interjects helpfully.
[01:32] * Maz smiles gratefully at Thrall.
[01:33] <Carthrat> "Oh. Ok," she replies, blinking. "I don't know much about this magic thing, though, even though I hear one of my great-great grandmothers was from Halruua! I hear EVERYONE there is a mage!"
[01:35] <Maz> "How exciting," Maz deadpans. "You're in a position to hear things. Tell us in case you do, when we return to claim those diamonds."
[01:35] <Carthrat> "Ok!" She tosses her blonde hair back over her shoulder, smiling at you.
[01:40] <Maz> "Let's go!"
[02:02] <Carthrat> WHEN the party reaches the city gates, someone is waiting for them!
[02:03] <Carthrat> "Hi, long time no see," says the waitress-aasimar the party met at Ghaele's Rest. "Well... no sense beating around the bush. Someone's looking for you," she says, glancing at Seraphin. "Calls himself 'Dorrin', and he wants to sell you information, I believe."
[02:04] <Seraphin> Seraphin raises one very sharp silver eyebrow, crimson eyes settling on the woman. "'Dorrin'?" she asks, almost tasting the name as she considers it. "What'd he look like?"
[02:05] <Carthrat> The girl gives a rough description of Dorrin, which the narrator has sadly forgotten.
[02:06] <Korin> "Your description makes him sound like a forgettable person," Korin notes.
[02:07] <Carthrat> "Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!"
[02:08] <Maz> "Information is good. The selling part, not so much," Maz voices. "Seraphin, are you interested?"
[02:08] * Seraphin snorts softly, shrugging. "He sounds vaguely like someone from home," she answers, sighing. "It could be a trap, though. Could you tell anything about him?" she asks the woman curiously.
[02:09] <Carthrat> "Not much. He showed up with one of our coins," she says, her voice lowered. "Says he found it on a dead guy in a cave somewhere along the coast. Seems a little suss, though... anyway, he's still down at the Ghaele's."
[02:09] <Carthrat> "If it IS a trap, he won't be able to spring it in there," she asserts, with confidence.
[02:12] <Seraphin> The tiefling hums softly, Seraphin twirling a black tipped silver lock around her finger. "If the rest of you feel like coming along, then sure. I'd just rather not end up as a dagger sheath for some demon impersonating someone from home."
[02:13] <Maz> "Okay, whatever," Maz says with a shrug. "Let's go meet him."
[02:14] * Thrall likewise shrugs. "Might as well - if it's a trap we'll make him regret it and get some information, anyway."
[02:15] <Carthrat> As you reach the Ghaele's Rest, Re'Laizary looks upon it with an all-too-familiar look of disdain. "What is this, some kind of Celestial Club? I'll pass," she mutters, opting to stay outside.
[02:19] <Carthrat> Lucia gives Re'Laizary some kind of pitying look before she opens the door inside. Naturally, Dorrin notices this freak occurence, and unlike the aasimar barmaid, the party doesn't have quite the same trouble spotting Dorrin...
[02:25] <Seraphin> Seraphin doesn't have a huge amount of difficulty spotting him, no. Reconciling memory with present might be another matter. She has the basic willingness to step forward, pale skinned and silver haired as she was at the very end, barring black ends to her hair. "Dorrin?" she asks, curiousity restrained as hands rest on a pair of short blades, the young woman dressed in chainmail and adventurer's clothing so unlike earlier years.
[02:25] <Korin> "So you do know him then?" Korin asks, raising an eyebrow, remembering Seraphin mentioning it sounded like someone she knew.
[02:25] * Dorrin smiles at her and stands up.
[02:26] <Dorrin> "Seraphin. I've been looking for you for a while, now."
[02:27] <Seraphin> "He at least vaguely appears to be my cousin," Seraphin agrees dryly, eyebrow twitching slightly. "...Though looking for me for a while could be said of a lot of unsavory beings that are capable of shape shifting."
[02:28] * Dorrin sighs.
[02:29] <Dorrin> "So paranoid, you've become. Very well. How many cherries do I owe you?"
[02:31] <Thrall> "He looks human," Thrall comments, sounding almost surprised.
[02:31] * Dorrin raises an eyebrow.
[02:31] <Dorrin> "I am human."
[02:32] <Thrall> "That's a refreshing change for this group, at least..."
[02:33] <Carthrat> Lucia looks a little sad.
[02:33] * Dorrin turns to Seraphin again.
[02:33] <Seraphin> "...Lesse, it's been six years...at five cherries an hour...about a quarter-million cherries," Seraphin provides brightly, hands slipping from her sword hilts to her hips. "And yes, no one else in dad's family showed up with my...species issues," she nods to Thrall, sighing.
[02:33] * Dorrin chokes a bit..
[02:34] * Maz resists the urge to pat Lucia on the head, and resolves to listen to Dorrin and Seraphin.
[02:34] <Dorrin> "Damn you and your numbers.. Very well. Shall we go get the first bushel? I belive you have quite the story to tell me, little sister."
[02:34] * Dorrin 's face suddenly hardens as he says this.
[02:38] <Seraphin> Her jaw tightens, Seraphin's ruby eyes focusing on Dorrin for a long moment. "Maybe. How's Aunt Sarah?" she asks curiously, gesturing to a table. "Maybe we should sit down?" she asks, glancing at the cleric, the half-orc, and her fellow tiefling.
[02:38] <Dorrin> "Mother is.. Er.."
[02:38] * Dorrin scraches the side of his jaw.
[02:38] * Dorrin sits down at the table with a sigh.
[02:39] * Thrall shrugs, content to join everyone in sitting down. Might as well get some food while he's here!
[02:40] <Dorrin> "Unhappy, to say the least.. We did some digging after what happened, and found out that things weren't.. Right.. With uncle. She doesn't *like* what you did, he was her brother after all, but.. She sort of understands it."
[02:40] <Dorrin> "As for how she'll react to you, face to face.. Eh.. Well.. You're still welcome in the house. And she does want to see her little niece again."
[02:42] * Seraphin follows the pattern, sitting across from Dorrin. "I guess that's better than I really expected," she allows, sighing softly. "Dad's...I don't know. I've been in contact with mom off and on recently," Seraphin shrugs, twisting the signet ring on her right hand. "I don't know that I'd be able to walk into town, though," she snorts, leaning onto the edgte of the table. "Besides, it's a LONG ways from here to home."
[02:46] <Dorrin> "Eh. I wouldn't say that. Mom still has quite a few connections. Besides, I *have* been following you since you left. And mom's the one who's been paying for everything since then. Including the money to buy information about you. And information isn't cheap. Regardless of what happened, she still loves you, you know. And, hell, I want my little sister back."
[02:51] <Seraphin> That brings a snort up in Seraphin's throat, the woman leaning back in her chair to level her eyes at Dorrin. "I'm not going home. Not for a really long time, if ever," she answers softly, shrugging. "Dad killed off a lot of who I was, our ancestors worked on the rest, Dorrin." She shrugs, gesturing at Maz, Thrall, Korin, and even Lucia. "I'm pretty much stuck with them by choice...it's where I want to be."
[02:51] * Dorrin scratches his jaw.
[02:52] <Dorrin> "Hmm.. Well I'll be, you have changed little sister.."
[02:52] <Dorrin> "Oh woe is me, where hath mine sister gone? The shy, quiet, cute girl replaced!"
[02:52] * Maz waves at Dorrin as she is pointed out.
[02:52] * Dorrin sighs and shrugs.
[02:53] <Korin> "Shy, quiet and cute?" Korin parrots in amusement as he looks at Seraphin with a merry look in his eyes.
[02:53] <Dorrin> "Fine then, woman. I've been chasing you for six years, you're not getting rid of me that easily. Mom'll have to deal with just knowing I've found you."
[02:53] * Thrall snorts, but offers no further comment.
[02:55] <Maz> "Is this the way people in the country are?" Maz wonders quietly.
[02:56] * Dorrin looks at Maz oddly.
[02:56] <Maz> "I have read of these people with the necks of red," Maz offers by way of explanation.
[02:57] <Dorrin> "Who are you to imply such things? Seraphin and I are nobles. How we act within our family is none of your concern."
[02:58] <Seraphin> Seraphin casts a withering look across her fellow tieflings, giving an exasperated sigh. "This is what I get for going to Saradush," she murmurs, kicking Korin under the table. "I guess you're not the first family member to be adopted so far," she adds, shrugging.
[02:58] * Korin winces a bit, but flashes Seraphin another amused grin in retaliation.
[02:59] <Dorrin> "Adopted? My, my, you do have explaining to do."
[02:59] <Carthrat> <-A few days of desert-travel later...->
[03:02] <Carthrat> You're approaching the fabled Oasis of Zal-Chiraas... which has, indeed, run as dry as the rumours say. Epic in size, you glance what appears to be a large ring of dying palm trees, their leaves black and scorched. A small hut sits nearby the place, about fifty metres out from the thirsty fauna.
[03:02] <Thrall> "So where's the giant worm?" Thrall asks from atop his camel as he surveys the bleak scene.
[03:03] <Maz> No time like the present, Maz decides, activating her magical sight with the help of her wand.
[03:03] <Seraphin> "Underground?" Seraphin suggests, shrugging from the back of her own camel.
[03:04] <Carthrat> OOC: Make spot checks!
[03:05] <Thrall> roll 1d20
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20 and gets 13."12 [1d20=13]
[03:05] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16."12 [1d20=5]
[03:05] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12."12 [1d20=9]
[03:05] <Dorrin> roll d20
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20 and gets 11."12 [d20=11]
[03:05] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 13."12 [1d20=9]
[03:07] <Maz> "I'll be our eyes in the sky," Maz murmurs, connecting everyone to her with Message before shapeshifting into her favored form of a winged elf and taking off.
[03:07] * Thrall gets off his camel and goes to have a look in the hut.
[03:07] <Carthrat> OOC: How high are you flying?
[03:08] <Maz> OOC: I want to make a quick pass at 500 ft, and then lower to about 60ft and circle the hut
[03:08] <Carthrat> Inside the hut, Thrall doesn't find a lot; it looked like the fairly simple living quarters of a hermit. There are a few stoppered flasks lying in a corner, but the place looks abandoned, for the most part. The dust is extremely telling.
[03:10] <Carthrat> From her ariel viewpoint, Maz can get a better look at the basin that once formed the oasis. It's a fairly deep curve, and in the centre of it is some kind of archway, which appears to have some kind of shimmering blue curtain taking up the centre. As far as the hut goes, there's nothing special there.
[03:10] <Thrall> "Nothing here..." the half-orc mutters, closing the door and looking around some more at the oasis for any sign of giant worms.
[03:10] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[03:10] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 17."12 [1d20=7]
[03:11] <Carthrat> OOC: Nothing special
[03:11] * Dorrin focuses and casts Detect Magic upon himself as well.
[03:15] * Maz attempts to establish the epicenter of the disaster, judging by the wilted and scortched trees surrounding the oasis, and whether it is at the portal.
[03:16] <Carthrat> It is indeed! However, the trees could look like that from dehydration and exposure; it's more likely than some kind of blast.
[03:17] * Maz opts for a flyby at the edges of the oasis, flying low enough to feel ten feet into the ground with her magical senses.
[03:17] <Carthrat> The ground is not magical.
[03:18] * Seraphin just shakes her head. "What can we even do here? Besides maybe go check out the hut," Seraphin murmurs, glancing around at the barrenness.
[03:18] <Maz> "Whatever happened, it seems centered on the portal down there," Maz informs the others, pointing it out. "The water is being absorbed into the sand as it appears."
[03:18] <Thrall> "Already done," Thrall states to Seraphin's comment, starting towards the emptied out basin of the oasis so he can look at the portal.
[03:19] * Maz flies to within the maximum range of her spell of the portal, and studies the surroundings carefully.
[03:20] * Seraphin shakes her head, following Thrall towards the portal.
[03:21] * Korin just idles around as the others go looking around, his skills not particularly aimed towards searching and such.
[03:21] * Dorrin follows after them, humming absently..
[03:22] <Carthrat> The oasis itself is rather wide, around three-hundred feet. But, as Maz flies within 60 feet of the portal, she's rewarded with a rumbling sound! Tearing forth from the sand comes a gigantic... husk of a worm, bleached black and yellow! It howls in thirst and torment, spraying sand everywhere as it lurches forth from the ground! With craggy skin and a huge, gaping maw, you can see the creature literally suck water straight from the portal itself
[03:22] <Carthrat> ...but it's not slaking an unquenchable thirst!
[03:23] <Carthrat> OOC: Init.
[03:23] <Maz> roll 1d20+13
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23."12 [1d20=10]
[03:23] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+2 and gets 19."12 [1d20=17]
[03:23] <Maz> roll 1d20+4 init
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 init and gets 18."12 [1d20=14]
[03:24] * Korin pulls out his rapier and shortsword as he looks at that large worm. "Jeez...that's one ugly large worm," he mutters.
[03:24] <Dorrin> roll d20+3
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20+3 and gets 4."12 [d20=1]
[03:24] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12."12 [1d20=6]
[03:24] <Korin> roll 1d20+6 init
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+6 init and gets 20."12 [1d20=14]
[03:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 THE HUSK
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 THE HUSK and gets 6."12 [1d20=6]
[03:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5 Re'Laizary
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+5 Re'Laizary and gets 24."12 [1d20=19]
[03:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 Lucia
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 Lucia and gets 9."12 [1d20=2]
[03:25] * Catgirl_Reiko changes topic to ''
[03:26] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Re'Laizary > Korin > Thrall > Maz > Seraphin > Lucia > THE HUSK > Dorrin'
[03:27] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary doesn't miss a beat, hightailing it to the edge of the oasis line. "If only I still had my boots," you hear her mutter, as she had to run too fast to be able to take a clear shot...
[03:27] <Carthrat> OOC: Korin.
[03:27] <Carthrat> OOC: You are... 150 feet away from the big husk thing.
[03:27] <Carthrat> OOC: Wait, no, you're 200 feet away.
[03:28] <Carthrat> OOC: Every other PC but Maz is 150 feet away, and Maz is 60 feet away and flying.
[03:28] * Korin proceeds to run towards the worm and the rest of his companions, hoping to get closer to the action.
[03:29] <Carthrat> OOC: If you run flat out, that'll get you... to within 80 feet!
[03:29] <Carthrat> OOC: Thrall.
[03:30] <Thrall> That thing hopefully isn't too fast... Deciding to play it safe for the moment, Thrall draws his longbow and fires off a shot at the monster!
[03:31] <Thrall> roll 1d20+10
[03:31] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27."12 [1d20=17]
[03:31] <Carthrat> OOC: Hit
[03:31] <Thrall> roll 1d8+4
[03:31] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d8+4 and gets 8."12 [1d8=4]
[03:32] <Carthrat> Thrall's arrow hits! He thinks. Someone should tell the giant worm.
[03:34] * Maz flies straight up, gaining altitude, a gem clutched in her hand. Ice gathers around it out of the moisture in the air, becoming a spear, and with a twirl in mid air, Maz throws it at the worm!
[03:34] <Maz> roll 1d20+10 ranged attack
[03:34] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+10 ranged attack and gets 26."12 [1d20=16]
[03:35] <Maz> roll 6d6 half-piercing, half-cold
[03:35] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 6d6 half-piercing, half-cold and gets 16."12 [6d6=1, 3, 5, 1, 1, 5]
[03:35] <Maz> OOC: It has a fort save, dc 21, or it goes stunned for 1d4 rounds
[03:36] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 fort save go
[03:36] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 fort save go and gets 3."12 [1d20=3]
[03:36] <Carthrat> OOC: Epic!
[03:36] <Carthrat> OOC: go rounds
[03:36] <Maz> roll 1d4
[03:36] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d4 and gets 3."12 [1d4=3]
[03:37] <Carthrat> Maz's spear pierces through the creature's thick hide, and though it's clouded by a mist of sand and ice, the huge beast seems to freeze up, twisting madly for a moment in confusion!
[03:37] <Carthrat> OOC: It's technically stunned, anyway.
[03:37] <Maz> "Hit it while it's stunned!" Maz calls to her allies.
[03:39] <Seraphin> Seraphin breaks into a flat out run to reach it as soon as possible!
[03:40] <Carthrat> Seraphin is running! Running... and is next to it, now![03:42] <Carthrat> Lucia frets and looks flustered, running towards the edge of the action for now!
[03:42] <Carthrat> THE HUSK... is stunnded by a relatively tiny icelance!
[03:43] * Dorrin focuses and snaps his arm out towards Thrall, casting Haste on him.
[03:43] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary decides that where she is is as good as anywhere, when it comes to shooting at a giant- albeit stunned- monstrosity! Her bow lets forth three arrows!
[03:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[03:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[03:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18."12 [1d20=8]
[03:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12."12 [1d20=2]
[03:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[03:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9."12 [1d20=2]
[03:44] <Carthrat> Two of them sink into the monster... but there's no telling if they have an effect or not from here!
[03:46] * Korin runs towards the worm as well, now at full tilt, feeling a bit more certain about the action given Maz's shout.
[03:48] <Thrall> "Thanks," Thrall nods to Dorrin, grinning as he feels the magical enhancement wash over him. Tossing his bow aside, the half-orc draws his axe and launches himself forward at a furious pace despite his platemail covered form!
[03:49] <Carthrat> Thrall is fast- but not fast enough! In a moment...
[03:52] * Maz swoops back down at the creature, a sphere of ice and water swirling in her right palm, and she flings her hand at it negligently.
[03:52] <Maz> roll 1d20+6
[03:52] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25."12 [1d20=19]
[03:52] <Maz> roll 3d8 cold
[03:52] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 3d8 cold and gets 19."12 [3d8=7, 5, 7]
[03:53] <Carthrat> The orb smashes against the worm, ice starting to make itself felt along the thing's back! It sucks the freezing moisture in almost automatically, but it derives no sustenance!
[03:54] <Seraphin> At point blank range with an immobilized opponent, Seraphin's shortswords lash into its hide viciously! Tearing and cutting to destroy it!
[03:54] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18."12 [1d20=7]
[03:54] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11."12 [1d20=1]
[03:55] <Carthrat> Seraphin finds that despite the creature's immobility, it's got a ridiculously strong hide, one resistant to her slashing blows! It doesn't react... yet...
[03:55] <Carthrat> Lucia is far too timid to rush forward to face the fight with everyone else, merely watching the battle from afar, for now...
[03:55] <Carthrat> THE HUSK remains stunned!
[03:58] * Dorrin raises his other arm, hand splayed as he walks forward and summons Shelgarn's Persistant Blade, suddenly clenching his hand into a fist as he finishes the summoning, and sends it after the worm.
[04:00] <Carthrat> Dorrin's little blade flickers towards the giant worm, dancing as it slips closer!
[04:00] <Carthrat> Re'laizary decides to shoot it some more!
[04:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[04:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[04:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16."12 [1d20=6]
[04:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24."12 [1d20=14]
[04:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 oops from before
[04:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 oops from before and gets 13."12 [1d20=7]
[04:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+6
[04:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+6 and gets 8."12 [1d8=2]
[04:01] <Carthrat> More arrows, more indeterminate effect...
[04:03] <Dorrin> roll d20+10 for Arcane Knowledge on the worm
[04:03] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20+10 for Arcane Knowledge on the worm and gets 27."12 [d20=17]
[04:03] <Korin> Now that he is close enough, Korin proceeds to attempt to wound the oversized worm with a rapier stab followed by a wicked shortsword jab.
[04:03] <Korin> roll 1d20+11
[04:03] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20."12 [1d20=9]
[04:03] <Korin> roll 1d20+10
[04:03] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29."12 [1d20=19]
[04:04] <Korin> roll 1d20+10 short sword threat
[04:04] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+10 short sword threat and gets 29."12 [1d20=19]
[04:05] <Korin> roll 3d6+15
[04:05] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 3d6+15 and gets 26."12 [3d6=1, 4, 6]
[04:06] <Carthrat> Korin's blades ARE able to find purchase within the thing, cleaving into vital arteries beyond craggy, armoured flesh!
[04:06] <Dorrin> "CAUTION! The thing is cursed! It can infect you with it's thirst, even as it drains your body of water!"
[04:06] <Dorrin> "It's teeth! It will drain you dry if it catches you!"
[04:07] * Thrall holds his axe overhead as he charges toward the beast, the head suddenly igniting in flames as the half-orc reaches the stunned monster and unleashes a devastating overhead slash!
[04:07] * Korin makes a mental note to stay away from the front side of the worm and move further to its side or back.
[04:07] <Thrall> roll 1d20+14 (-5 power attack)
[04:07] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+14 (-5 power attack) and gets 16."12 [1d20=2]
[04:08] <Carthrat> Thrall's blow glancse off the creature's hide! How can such a mighty attack fail to penetrate skin? Well, it's all in the wrist...
[04:09] * Maz chants, vile things in Abyssal and Infernal mixing into one coherent whole, and thrusts her hand at the worm. A giant mirror appears behind her back, breaking into fragments, each of them flying into the thing's thick hide like a multitude of darkly-glowing shuriken!
[04:09] <Maz> OOC: Unluck, dc 19 wis save
[04:10] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 roofles
[04:10] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 roofles and gets 19."12 [1d20=19]
[04:10] <Carthrat> OOC: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
[04:10] <Maz> Cursing, Maz flies back into the skies to retreat from the melee.
[04:10] <Carthrat> Maz's spell flashes to nothingness, the creature, apparently, having already incurred enough bad luck!
[04:11] <Seraphin> Seraphin doesn't give up! She keeps slashing at its hide, hoping to get through...
[04:11] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11
[04:11] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22."12 [1d20=11]
[04:11] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[04:11] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26."12 [1d20=16]
[04:11] <Seraphin> roll 8d6+5
[04:11] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 8d6+5 and gets 30."12 [8d6=3, 4, 1, 3, 5, 1, 2, 6]
[04:12] <Carthrat> Seraphin's blows manage to slip between sandy rock, able to cut apart things beneath the creature! But no blood flows out, only little red crystals, as if the blood was drained of liquid and became solid!
[04:12] <Carthrat> Lucia doesn't do a lot, and neither does THE HUSK. Dorrin, on the other hand...
[04:15] * Dorrin turns his palms upwards as he mutters to himself and summons arcs of glowing arcane vengence, each lancing out into the Husk's body.
[04:15] <Dorrin> roll 3d4+3
[04:15] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls 3d4+3 and gets 11."12 [3d4=4, 1, 3]
[04:16] <Carthrat> Each bolt slams into the thing, and it's starting to crumple! Like a solid-seeming piece of sand, but one that breaks apart when you crush it! Re'Laizary follows up with three more shots!
[04:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[04:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[04:16] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27."12 [1d20=17]
[04:16] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12."12 [1d20=2]
[04:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[04:16] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9."12 [1d20=2]
[04:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+6
[04:16] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+6 and gets 9."12 [1d8=3]
[04:16] <Carthrat> The creature is beginning to stir, but, perhaps, the wounds are taking their toll?
[04:19] * Korin attacks the worm as fast and furiously as he can before the thing awakens again!
[04:19] <Korin> roll 1d20+11
[04:19] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19."12 [1d20=8]
[04:19] <Korin> roll 1d20+10
[04:19] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12."12 [1d20=2]
[04:19] <Carthrat> Korin's blows both crack against the last remnants of a sandy defence!
[04:21] <Thrall> Growling, Thrall recovers his axe and spins around to unleash a horizontal slash before turning his momentum upwards and swinging downwards to cross where he just cut!
[04:21] <Thrall> roll 1d20+15 (-3 power attack)
[04:21] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+15 (-3 power attack) and gets 35."12 [1d20=20]
[04:21] <Thrall> roll 1d20+15 to confirm, lol
[04:21] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+15 to confirm, lol and gets 35."12 [1d20=20]
[04:22] <Thrall> roll 1d20+10 (-3 power attack)
[04:22] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+10 (-3 power attack) and gets 17."12 [1d20=7]
[04:22] <Thrall> roll 3d12+54
[04:22] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 3d12+54 and gets 76."12 [3d12=5, 12, 5]
[04:23] <Thrall> roll 1d6
[04:23] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d6 and gets 2."12 [1d6=2]
[04:23] <Carthrat> Thrall kills the creature in a fantastic explosion of sand and gore, the massive head parting at his whim! The husk practically deflates into nothing but sand and rock in moments, leaving naught behind...

Corwin · December 28, 2006, 09:00:44 AM

[23:01] <Carthrat> The Husk safely.. well.. a nonliving Husk, now, the party is apparently free to do what it wishes! The portal remains, still seeping extremely tiny amounts of water into the sand, where it quickly evaporates.
[23:02] <Thrall> "So what do we do about this, then?" the still hasted half-orc asks, gesturing at the portal and hoping the more magically inclined members of the group have an idea.
[23:03] * Maz now feels it safe to come down all the way to the surface, and examine the area with her magically-augmented senses.
[23:03] <Carthrat> The portal radiates strong conjuration, and the oasis seems permeated with faint conjuration, as well.
[23:05] <Carthrat> The portal itself is covered in Aquan runes, but sadly, nobody here can read them.
[23:05] * Seraphin shrugs helplessly, weapons stowed as she looks around. Not like there's anything the murdering types like herself and Thrall can do.
[23:06] * Maz has a handy scroll of Comprehend Languages in her pack, and uses it on herself!
[23:06] * Thrall goes to recover his discarded longbow while waiting on a solution to be posited.
[23:07] <Carthrat> A brief moment of comprehension later, Maz is able to translate the runes; this portal is partial gateway to the Elemental Plane of Water, if what she reads is true. It speaks of leading to a "Great Dam", based on a deal made between the elementals and the djinn long ago.
[23:09] * Maz relays her findings to the others, before saying, "I do wonder where the elementals who were here are now. Did anyone see one?"
[23:09] * Thrall shakes his head. "Not I."
[23:10] <Dorrin> "I have yet to see one."
[23:10] * Kotono is now known as Ko-Kanon
[23:10] <Maz> "And the house by the oasis? Any documents in there?"
[23:11] * Seraphin shrugs. "This whole place seems essentially...deserted, by everything but us and it," she murmurs, gesturing at the Husk's corpse.
[23:11] <Carthrat> "I guess they were probably scared..." murmurs Lucia.
[23:12] * Maz settles on the ground with a frown, and decides to try and eliminate other possibilities, concentrating on searching any imbalances in the Weave in the area.
[23:12] <Carthrat> Maz is unable to detect any imbalance in the Weave around here.
[23:14] <Maz> "If they fled in fear," Maz says, opening her eyes, "then where would they have gone? Is there an oasis or any large body of water nearby?"
[23:17] <Thrall> "Not that I know of," Thrall shakes his head. "This is meant to be the main source of fresh water for Calimport, isn't it?"
[23:17] <Maz> "That is my understanding," Maz agrees.
[23:18] <Thrall> "Perhaps the other half of the problem lies on the other side of the portal?" Thrall suggests. "Not that I think we're in any shape to visit the Elemental Plane of Water, though..."
[23:19] <Maz> "I can summon some help with that, I think," Maz tells Thrall, deep in though. "Something to survive what's on the other side and tell me...."
[23:20] <Dorrin> "I can see traveling with you is going to be interesting, at the very least.."
[23:20] * Maz nods empathically at Dorrin's words. "It's never boring!"
[23:21] <Thrall> "This is pretty tame," Thrall tells Dorrin with a snort. "Well... okay, we've never went to another Plane before, but still..."
[23:21] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary stretches, muttering darkly. "..all the excitement you can handle in the future, I bet..."
[23:21] * Seraphin stretches languidly, offering a slight shrug. "It's not like shadow creatures are trying to kill uys again," she snorts.
[23:21] <Korin> "I wouldn't call a giant worm being pretty tame. Then again, it did go down much quicker than I imagined such a beast would though," Korin notes.
[23:22] <Thrall> "I expected more of a battle, yes," Thrall nods to Korin.
[23:23] <Dorrin> "I personally don't mind it going down faster than expected."
[23:24] <Korin> "Oh, I can't say I do either. It was somewhat of a pleasant surprise," Korin agrees with a grin.
[23:24] * Maz searches for a place near the portal she could secure a rope to.
[23:24] <Carthrat> Thrall is standing near the portal!
[23:24] <Carthrat> Maybe.
[23:24] <Carthrat> He COULD be.
[23:24] <Thrall> "A harder battle would have been better practice for later..." Thrall notes with a glance at Re'Laizary.
[23:25] <Carthrat> "You got something to say to me?"
[23:25] <Maz> "I want to summon a monkey, send it through and then pull it back out," Maz tells the others. "I would like to secure it with a length of rope for that purpose."
[23:26] * Thrall shakes his head at Re'Laizary, "Just thinking out loud," he replies dourly before turning his attention to Maz. "Lucky monkey."
[23:27] <Maz> "It could be an octopus. Just say the word!"
[23:28] <Thrall> "I'll trust your judgement," the half-orc snorts in reply.
[23:28] <Maz> "I'm not sure what would happen, so I was thinking of tying the other end of the rope to this husk," Maz proposes.
[23:30] <Carthrat> OOC: It disitegrated >_>
[23:30] <Carthrat> OOC: Or close enough, anyway.
[23:30] <Maz> OOC: No bones or anything? So lame!
[23:33] * Maz prepares the rope, handing one end to Thrall, and summons a celestial monkey before her. She does her best to secure the rope over its torso, before instructing the monkey, "Hold your breath and look around." Maz then pushes it through the portal, and waits for six seconds before attempting to fish it out of there.
[23:33] <Carthrat> The monkey happily walks towards the portal! It slips through with a wet sucking sound, and Thrall can feel it jerking about a little... then, it returns! Dry as a bone, to boot.
[23:34] <Maz> "Was anyone there?" Maz asks the monkey. "Raise both arms if yes!"
[23:34] <Carthrat> "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" says the monkey, raising one arm!
[23:35] <Maz> "Was there water?" she asks next.
[23:35] <Carthrat> "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" it says again!
[23:36] <Thrall> "We've got a real winner, here..." Thrall mutters, watching the animal pantomine.
[23:37] <Carthrat> "Shooting practice! A monkey is the next best thing to a real human!" exclaims Re'Laizary, looking excited.
[23:37] <Maz> Maz's eyebrow twitches, and she puts the monkey's arm into the portal, holding it there for a few more seconds.
[23:38] <Dorrin> "So, we're going to jump into a portal to an elemental plane based on the screaming of a monkey."
[23:38] <Carthrat> "Ook?" says the monkey, allowing Maz to bodily force it to her whims.
[23:39] <Maz> "Get me something from there and come back!" she tells it, after letting it pull its arm free of the portal.
[23:39] <Carthrat> The monkey agrees to Maz's demands! It begins pulling against the rope, causing Thrall to almost contemplating budging!
[23:39] <Carthrat> (Er, it still goes through the portal.)
[23:40] * Thrall just holds onto the rope, waiting till someone tells him to pull it back.
[23:40] <Maz> "Release it, it's just rope," Maz tells Thrall, and resumes watching.
[23:40] * Thrall wordlessly lets the rope drop.
[23:41] <Carthrat> The rope shortly plunges into the portal at lightning speed!
[23:41] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 4."12 [1d20=4]
[23:41] <Carthrat> bwaha
[23:41] <Carthrat> The monkey comes back, clutching a crossbow bolt!
[23:41] <Carthrat> It then vanishes, almost immediately.
[23:41] <Maz> "Good monkey!" Maz commends it. "Go back to monkey heaven," she dismisses the animal, taking hold of the bolt.
[23:42] <Thrall> "Where did it get that?" Thrall asks, eyeing the bolt dubiously.
[23:42] <Maz> "Hey, Sis," Maz calls out, "when do you figure this was shot?"
[23:43] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary comes over and has a look at the bolt. "...Al'Maz, it's a fricking crossbow bolt. How am I supposed to tell *when* it was fired? Do I ask you stupid stuff like how 'long' it took for a puddle of water to melt from ice? All I can say is that it WAS fired, see, the tip is blunted, so it hit something like, I dunno, a wall."
[23:44] <Maz> "I can tell you how long ice melts into a puddle," Maz says defensively, not quite pouting.
[23:45] <Thrall> "Maybe someone with a crossbow shot at the monkey and missed, so it grabbed the bolt and came back?" Thrall suggests. How else could it have gotten it, really?
[23:45] <Maz> "Someone was over there with a crossbow, and probably pretty hostile to visitors," Maz muses out loud. "We can't know if they're still there, but it's a start."
[23:46] <Carthrat> "Maybe they decided to do some archery practice..." mutters Lucia, sarcastically.
[23:47] <Maz> "We can take them!" Maz blurts out suddenly. "Even without rest! Totally!"
[23:48] <Dorrin> "I would rather try it *with* the rest."
[23:49] <Thrall> "We don't even know who or what's across there," Thrall points out. "But then again, it's not like we spent that much effort on killing that worm..."
[23:49] * Dorrin shrugs.
[23:49] <Maz> "And we won't find out much from summons at that level. If I actually get serious, they, whoever they are, may come after us when we least expect it."
[23:49] <Dorrin> "It's up to you all, I'm just along for the ride. I reserve the right to say, 'I told you so,' however."
[23:50] <Carthrat> "Because, of course, whoever is over there won't possibly think to investigate where a fucking monkey came from," chimes in Re'Laizary, rolling her eyes.
[23:51] * Maz decides to ignore her for the time being, and looks at the others. "So? What do you guys say?"
[23:51] <Thrall> "True, they're probably getting ready for our arrival already," Thrall nods. "I say we go now."
[23:52] <Seraphin> "I don't like going from one confrontation to the next immediately," Seraphin shrugs, hugging herself and eyeing the portal. "How do we know we'll be able to come back?"
[23:52] * Dorrin stands up and brushes the sand off of his clothes and hands.
[23:52] <Maz> "The monkey could," Maz says with a shrug. "I very much doubt it had to Dispel something or work a complicated mechanism to do so."
[23:55] <Maz> "A moment, then," Maz says, and casts a spell of shielding on herself, before taking a small pebble into her left hand. She then summons a second monkey, commanding it, "Charge through the portal!"
[23:55] <Carthrat> The monkey charges through the portal, at the precise same moment something comes out!
[23:56] <Carthrat> 12"MRRGHLRKHRLGLLGKGLRGKRGLK!"1 it says, which Maz is able to translate at "What the fuck!" A disgusting-looking creature, green in pigmentation and with giant, bulbous eyes comes through, standing there stupidly for a moment!
[23:56] <Carthrat> OOC: Init yeah
[23:57] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12."12 [1d20=10]
[23:57] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10."12 [1d20=4]
[23:57] <Maz> roll 1d20+4 die freak
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 die freak and gets 20."12 [1d20=16]
[23:57] <Dorrin> roll d20+3
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20+3 and gets 11."12 [d20=8]
[23:57] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[23:57] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26."12 [1d20=20]
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 8."12 [1d20=8]
[23:57] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 Lucia
[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 Lucia and gets 23."12 [1d20=16]
[23:58] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5 Relly
[23:58] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+5 Relly and gets 7."12 [1d20=2]
[23:58] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Korin > Lucia > Maz > Thrall > Dorrin > Seraphin > Kuo-Toa > Relly'
[23:58] <Carthrat> OOC: THe monkey obtensibly acts when Maz does.
[00:00] <Korin> "Is that thing something that needs to be killed, Maz?" Korin asks a bit dubiously as he pulls out his swords, holding his action for the moment. It certainly looked like something that should be killed, but for all he knows it could have just said "I come in peace! Don't cut me into pieces!"
[00:02] <Maz> "It insulted your mother!" Maz cries out, before looking at the others. "It insulted all your mothers! At once!"
[00:03] <Carthrat> "Damn fucking straight, I like it already!" affirms Re'Laizary.
[00:03] <Maz> "That surely means it's evil and must die," Maz affirms.
[00:03] <Thrall> "I don't have a mother..." Thrall looks very sad. Just for a second, before his grim exterior reasserts itself.
[00:04] <Carthrat> Lucia frets. "Mother always told me to ignore nasty words," she mumbles.
[00:05] * Korin snorts. "Well, I doubt it actually did say that, but I'll take that Maz means to say it's not a friendly fellow," Korin comments as he moves towards the creature, the rapier snaking out to pierce the creature's body once he's close enough.
[00:06] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[00:06] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 21."12 [1d20=8]
[00:06] <Korin> roll 1d6+7
[00:06] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d6+7 and gets 11."12 [1d6=4]
[00:06] <Carthrat> The thing lurches in pain! It's pigmentations turns an odd mixture of red and white, and it tries to start shrinking back towards the portal!
[00:07] <Carthrat> Lucia doesn't look like she wants to commit to anything, shrinking away from the bloodthirsty carnage!
[00:09] <Maz> "That's for shooting at my monkey!" Maz calls out, summoning a layer of grease between the creature and the portal, just barely catching it.
[00:10] <Carthrat> The creature seems totally unbothered by the grease, however! It IS already quite slimy...
[00:11] * Thrall sighs as he readies his axe and steps forward, bringing the flaming implement down on the greasy amphibian!
[00:11] <Thrall> roll 1d20+17
[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24."12 [1d20=7]
[00:11] <Thrall> roll 1d12+12
[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d12+12 and gets 16."12 [1d12=4]
[00:11] <Thrall> roll 1d6
[00:11] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d6 and gets 6."12 [1d6=6]
[00:12] <Carthrat> The creature splits apart in a gory festival of slime and scales!
[00:13] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Korin > Lucia > Maz > Thrall > Dorrin > Seraphin > Relly'
[00:13] <Maz> "We should go in," Maz urges.
[00:16] * Maz takes to the air, gaining a bit of speed before zooming through the portal!
[00:16] <Carthrat> OOC: reflex save lol
[00:16] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[00:16] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 22."12 [1d20=17]
[00:16] <Thrall> "Oh, very nice..." Thrall scowls, having to carefully and slowly follow so he doesn't fall in Maz's grease.
[00:17] <Carthrat> roll 9d6
[00:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 9d6 and gets 32."12 [9d6=2, 6, 4, 5, 1, 6, 2, 3, 3]
[00:18] <Carthrat> Maz manages to swerve part of the way out of a terrible blast of lightning that flashes from the other end of a long, metallic corridor! At the other side, she can see no less than twelve strange fish-creature, nine of which are joining hands! The other three ready massive weapons, great polearms with huge pincers at the end! All the others also possess them, though they are strapped to harnesses at present!
[00:18] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 oh yeah
[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 oh yeah and gets 4."12 [1d4=4]
[00:19] <Carthrat> OOC: Sigh, init
[00:19] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+2 and gets 8."12 [1d20=6]
[00:19] * Dorrin follows as well.
[00:19] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 mob of dudez
[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 mob of dudez and gets 17."12 [1d20=17]
[00:19] * Seraphin follows in as long as her family and friends are going.
[00:19] * Korin also follows after Maz and the rest, navigating around the grease.
[00:19] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 other dudez
[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 other dudez and gets 8."12 [1d20=6]
[00:19] <Carthrat> Oh, and her monkey is there, too.
[00:21] <Maz> "Monkey, get those fishguys!" Maz commands it, pointing at the nine in the circle. "Jump on their faces!"
[00:21] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26."12 [1d20=20]
[00:21] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 24."12 [1d20=20]
[00:21] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[00:21] <Dorrin> roll d20+3
[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17."12 [1d20=11]
[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20+3 and gets 10."12 [d20=7]
[00:22] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Korin > Maz > Whips = Seraphin > Dorrin > Thrall = Toughs'
[00:22] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 L
[00:22] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 L and gets 26."12 [1d20=19]
[00:22] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5 R
[00:22] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+5 R and gets 12."12 [1d20=7]
[00:22] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Korin = Lucia > Maz > Whips = Seraphin > Re'Laizary > Dorrin > Thrall = Toughs'
[00:23] <Carthrat> The 'enemies', so to speak, are standing about a hundred feet away, at the branch of what appears to be a "Y-Junction". The walls are made of a cold white metal, but the roof appears to be well-lit by magical lights. There's no evidence of water anywhere in sight...
[00:28] <Maz> "Surrender now!" Maz calls out to the enemies in Common.
[00:29] <Carthrat> Outnumbering you twelve to seven, the kuo-toans feel quite confident in saying 12"MRRLGRGRLGRLE!"
[00:30] <Korin> "What'd those things say?" Korin asks as he turns his head towards Maz, looking curiously at the tiefling. "Insult our dads this time?"
[00:31] <Korin> "Because I honestly don't think anyone in our group minds if our fathers are the ones being insulted," Korin adds jokingly.
[00:31] <Maz> "Something about sisters, maybe?" Maz responds uncertainly.
[00:38] <Korin> "Well, I don't think I can allow them to live after insulting my non-existing sisters," Korin notes as he starts running towards the creatures.
[00:40] <Maz> roll 1d20+6 cl for wall of ice
[00:41] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+6 cl for wall of ice and gets 18."12 [1d20=12]
[00:42] <Carthrat> OOC: It obviously works, go nuts
[00:43] * Maz withdraws her last remaining scroll written by Al'Tar Nebes, and offers a brief prayer of gratitude to his departed spirit before reading from it loudly. The walls ten feet ahead of Korin become misty, barely visible through the sheen of newly-formed ice. It gathers at the corners, before connecting them and weaving an intricate web of crystal-clear snowflakes and icicles!
[00:47] <Carthrat> The gaggle of whips from behind the wall talk amongst themselves, briefly, before retreating as one down the left of the Y-shaped corridor!
[00:49] * Seraphin starts running towards the wall to get up there before it's broken or any such.
[00:49] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary trails after Seraphin, sporting her usual contemptuous/hateful/angry/derisive glower.
[00:52] * Dorrin mutters to himself and casts Mage Armor on himself.
[00:53] * Thrall sprints after the others as fast as his armour-clad form will let him!
[00:55] <Carthrat> The toughs likewise retreat after the whips, still readying their weapons...
[00:55] <Carthrat> OOC: It's Korin's go! The bad guys basically double-moved down the corridor, so they're 100 feet away again. Oh, and there's a wall of ice in the way.
[00:56] <Korin> "Decided you didn't want us to fight, Maz?" Korin asks as he looks over his shoulder, stopping given the wall in front of him.
[00:57] <Maz> "I wanna go home," she whines, looking at the wall of ice she would now have to dispel in sadness. "These guys are not only evil, they're downright mean and insulting."
[00:58] <Carthrat> "Think of the money you haven't earned yet," mutters Lucia.
[00:58] <Maz> "All better!" Maz exclaims, and waves her arm at the wall. "Ready to go after them?"
[00:58] * Dorrin shrugs.
[00:59] <Thrall> "How about we take the path they didn't take?" Thrall suggests, "It might circle around, and better than charging into a wall of spears and lightning bolts."
[01:00] <Maz> "Fine by me," Maz agrees, casting Mirror Image on herself as she heads after the others.
[01:00] <Maz> roll 1d4+2
[01:00] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d4+2 and gets 3."12 [1d4=1]
[01:03] * Maz claps, her three doubles following her lead, and the mighty wall of ice crumbles into dry ice, disappearing upon contact with the ground.
[01:05] <Maz> "Monkey, go! Facehug them!"
[01:06] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Maz > Korin = Lucia > Whips = Seraphin > Re'Laizary > Dorrin > Thrall = Toughs'
[01:07] * Korin goes take the -other- path once the wall is down!
[01:07] <Carthrat> Maz's monkey bravely runs down the left-side Y-junction, running at crazy speed!
[01:08] * Thrall follows after Korin, glancing to the left but heading for the right!
[01:08] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 8."12 [1d20=8]
[01:08] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+4
[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10+4 and gets 6."12 [1d10=2]
[01:08] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:08] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 20."12 [1d20=20]
[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 2."12 [1d20=2]
[01:09] <Carthrat> Thrall sees Maz's monkey locked tightly within one of the pincer-staves of one of the first three guards! It's squeezing tightly... the monkey doesn't look like it's taking much more!
[01:10] <Carthrat> Down the right-side, however, he can see the corridor travel for another one-hundred feet, for turning again, this time at a right-angle! There's a pair of doors about fifty feet ahead, one on either side of the corridor...
[01:10] <Carthrat> OOC: Ah, and it turns *left*, to be clear.
[01:11] * Thrall heads for the left!
[01:15] * Seraphin stays behind the mass of orc-meat and spikey metal, not desiring to get shot at by her lonesome self by anything carrying a crossbow.
[01:17] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary doesn't run right after Thrall and Seraphin, preferring to start shooting from the junction! She darts forward, and then moves that last ten feet out the way, taking a shot as she does so!
[01:17] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[01:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18."12 [1d20=5]
[01:18] <Carthrat> Her is deflected by the thick skin of one of the frontal kuo-toa, however, and she's ranting a string of curses within moments...
[01:19] * Dorrin throws out his hand, summoning swirling bolts of arcane force as he releases his Magic Missiles.
[01:19] <Dorrin> roll 3d4+3
[01:19] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls 3d4+3 and gets 8."12 [3d4=1, 1, 3]
[01:21] * Dorrin summons bolts of screaming arcane fury and releases them at the leading kuo-toa.
[01:23] <Carthrat> The bolts slam into one of the frontal kuo-toans! He grunts, but maintains his position, just ten-feet in front of the whips!
[01:25] * Maz bestows a light kiss on her right index and middle fingertips, and flings her right arm at one of the evil Kuo-Toa clerics, her three images doing the same!
[01:25] <Maz> roll 3d4+3
[01:25] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 3d4+3 and gets 12."12 [3d4=2, 3, 4]
[01:25] <Carthrat> The cleric snaps back, slaughtered by Maz's brutal onslaught of bolts! He tumbles over, but the others maintain their ranks!
[01:26] <Maz> "Ruining the oasis for everyone was an act most foul!" she proclaims. "It will be avenged!"
[01:26] <Carthrat> The whips take short steps, and suddenly, they produce crossbows, promptly firing an onslaught of bolts! Most favour targeting Dorrin, but a few brave souls strike at Maz!
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 M
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 M
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 M
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 M and gets 10."12 [1d20=7]
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 M and gets 5."12 [1d20=2]
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 M and gets 6."12 [1d20=3]
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 r-o-f-l
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 r-o-f-l and gets 1."12 [1d4=1]
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 D
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 D
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 D
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 D and gets 23."12 [1d20=20]
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 D
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 D
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 D and gets 7."12 [1d20=4]
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 D and gets 22."12 [1d20=19]
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 D and gets 12."12 [1d20=9]
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 D and gets 20."12 [1d20=17]
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 threat1
[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 threat1 and gets 17."12 [1d20=14]
[01:27] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 threat2
[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 threat2 and gets 5."12 [1d20=2]
[01:27] <Carthrat> roll 4d8
[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 4d8 and gets 14."12 [4d8=3, 4, 1, 6]
[01:28] <Carthrat> One of the bolts slams into Maz's real form- protected by layer upon layer of arcane might! Dorrin is not quite so lucky, three bolts finding their mark! But they're not enough to stop the bold sorcerer...
[01:30] <Carthrat> OOC: Well, if you guys are all running around, each corridor being 100 feet... that'll take Seraphin and Korin three rounds and Thrall about five, I think.
[01:31] * Seraphin follows Thrall!
[01:32] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary darts out once more, taking another shot, this time at one of the whips!
[01:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[01:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18."12 [1d20=5]
[01:32] <Carthrat> Sadly, it missed, and she darts back under cover, save from reprisal!
[01:33] * Dorrin grinds his teeth in pain from the bolts, and summons up a Shield for himself.
[01:35] <Carthrat> Bolstered by arcane shielding, Dorrin finds that the three lead warriors are tense, holding their action for the time being! OOC: Maz go
[01:36] <Maz> "Nine evil whips on the wall, one took a magical fall... eight evil whips on the wall," Maz taunts the foul creatures, flinging three more missiles at another whip before darting to take cover next to Relly, her doubles doing likewise.
[01:36] <Maz> roll 3d4+3
[01:36] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 3d4+3 and gets 9."12 [3d4=1, 2, 3]
[01:47] <Carthrat> The lead ones has finished off killing the monkey, apparently, and they surge forward after Dorrin, staves clacking and clasping, seeking his body!
[01:47] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:47] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:47] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16."12 [1d20=7]
[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22."12 [1d20=13]
[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26."12 [1d20=17]
[01:47] <Carthrat> roll 2d10
[01:47] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d10 and gets 15."12 [2d10=7, 8]
[01:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 str check
[01:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 str check and gets 18."12 [1d20=9]
[01:51] <Dorrin> roll d20
[01:51] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20 and gets 19."12 [d20=19]
[01:51] <Carthrat> OOC: Nice!
[01:51] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 grapple check #2
[01:51] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 grapple check #2 and gets 23."12 [1d20=14]
[01:51] <Dorrin> roll d20+3
[01:51] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20+3 and gets 7."12 [d20=4]
[01:53] <Carthrat> Two powerful staves slam into Dorrin, chomping away part of his life! He hangs in there, just barely!
[01:54] <Carthrat> As Korin, Lucia, Seraphin and Thrall run, they can see that each corridor is basically the same; the entire complex forms a sort of diamond, each corridor going a hundred feet, and containing two doors, one on each side of the wall.
[01:54] <Carthrat> There is, however, no great portal opposite the one they came through...
[01:55] * Thrall just keeps up his pace, hoping to run into those Kuo-Toa soon enough.
[01:56] <Carthrat> The second kuo-toa is grasping Dorrin within it's clawed grasp! Re'Laizary leans out the side, and Maz can see her roll her eyes a moment, before she leans out the side and tries to take a shot at the kuo-toa grappling Dorrin!
[01:56] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[01:56] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29."12 [1d20=16]
[01:57] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+6
[01:57] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+6 and gets 9."12 [1d8=3]
[01:57] <Carthrat> It staggers it, but the creature doesn't fall, still maintaining it's grip!
[01:58] <Dorrin> roll d20+3
[01:58] * Hatbot --> "Dorrin rolls d20+3 and gets 23."12 [d20=20]
[01:58] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:58] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25."12 [1d20=16]
[01:59] <Carthrat> Dorrin gives it his best effort! He's almost free, but the grip catches on his shirt, and pulls him back in!
[02:00] <Carthrat> The tough grappling him continues to SQUEEZE.
[02:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d10
[02:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10 and gets 9."12 [1d10=9]
[02:01] <Carthrat> And the man goes limp, unconscious in the iron grip of the creature! The other two rush about the corner, and one tries to attack Maz, the other Re'Laizary!
[02:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 29."12 [1d20=20]
[02:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 o-o
[02:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 o-o and gets 3."12 [1d4=3]
[02:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 19."12 [1d20=10]
[02:02] <Carthrat> But both miss! One of Maz's mirror images flickers away, but the creatures aren't done yet, both of them attempting to grasp the unlucky tieflings!
[02:02] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 g-touch
[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 g-touch and gets 13."12 [1d20=4]
[02:02] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 g-touch
[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 g-touch and gets 29."12 [1d20=20]
[02:02] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 Fish
[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 Fish and gets 16."12 [1d20=7]
[02:02] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 Rel
[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 Rel and gets 12."12 [1d20=3]
[02:03] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary is caught, and her contemptuous look changes to one of anger, as she struggles at the bonds!
[02:06] * Maz calculates distances, moving carefully into a position where she would be within striking range of two of the pincer staff-holding creatures while drawing a wand she had taken off the weakling tiefling working for Elric. She is loath to use it, but Seraphin's cousin does not have many options, and Relly....
[02:07] <Maz> roll 5d8 fire
[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 5d8 fire and gets 23."12 [5d8=6, 3, 3, 5, 6]
[02:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+4
[02:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+4
[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5."12 [1d20=1]
[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+4 and gets 12."12 [1d20=8]
[02:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8
[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22."12 [1d20=14]
[02:08] <Carthrat> Both creatures are really, truly, badly burned by Maz's spell! Re'Laizary isn't looking too hot either, though significantly better than them.
[02:09] <Carthrat> roll 1d3 mang
[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d3 mang and gets 1."12 [1d3=1]
[02:09] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28."12 [1d20=19]
[02:09] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+4
[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10+4 and gets 8."12 [1d10=4]
[02:10] <Carthrat> Another few seconds of sprinting has Korin, Seraphin, and Lucia realising that they've just reached the corner of the corridor down which the Kuo-Toa whips lie! In a moment, they'll be able to plow forth! Sadly, Thrall is still quite far behind them, with half the distance still to go!
[02:11] <Carthrat> roll 1d100 stabilize D
[02:11] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d100 stabilize D and gets 92."12 [1d100=92]
[02:13] <Carthrat> The whips run down as one to the Y-junction upon hearing the roar of flame! Seeing Al'Maz simply just standing there, between two very scorched-looking warriors, they link hands, sending forth a great lightning bolt flying towards her once again!
[02:13] <Maz> OOC: +2 images!
[02:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d3 mmhmm
[02:13] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d3 mmhmm and gets 1."12 [1d3=1]
[02:14] <Carthrat> roll 8d6
[02:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 8d6 and gets 36."12 [8d6=6, 6, 6, 5, 3, 3, 6, 1]
[02:14] <Carthrat> OOC: reflex go
[02:14] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[02:14] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12."12 [1d20=7]
[02:15] <Carthrat> It tears through her body, which flickers with channeled sparks and charred skin!
[02:16] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary says something VERY unkind, struggling to escape her bonds with renewed strength!
[02:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:16] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15."12 [1d20=6]
[02:16] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 23."12 [1d20=14]
[02:16] <Maz> "I'll have my revenge!" she screams at them. "You will all perish, fell things!"
[02:17] <Carthrat> She succeeds, slipping loose of the pincer staff, and fumes impotently, unable to act quickly! She rolls backwards, readying her bow!
[02:17] <Carthrat> From the apex of the 'diamond', Thrall can hear all sorts of angry yells... it sounds like it'd be quicker to, in fact, go the other way!
[02:18] <Thrall> "Hell's fucking teeth..." Thrall scowls before running back the way he came!
[02:20] <Carthrat> The goon holding Dorrin shakes him loose of his deadly staff, before backing away slowly! Maz finds herself attacked again, while the other goes forth after Re'Laizary!
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16."12 [1d20=7]
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d3
[02:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d3 and gets 2."12 [1d3=2]
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28."12 [1d20=19]
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+4
[02:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10+4 and gets 13."12 [1d10=9]
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15."12 [1d20=6]
[02:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28."12 [1d20=19]
[02:20] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary is struck by the thing again, but this time it's not quick enough to grab her! She's defiantely not looking very well, now, however...
[02:25] <Maz> Cursing in a most vile manner, Maz moves away from the creature attacking her and towards Dorrin, murmuring softly under her breath until she becomes a thin, transparent mist and fades from sight, her remaining images winking out a moment afterwards.
[02:29] * Korin continues running towards the chaos that he can hear, not having much he can really do until he's within melee range.
[02:30] <Seraphin> Seraphin moves more slowly, focusing on the tiara she wears to send a blasting ray of light at the offensive thug like creature!
[02:30] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[02:30] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28."12 [1d20=18]
[02:31] <Seraphin> roll 4d6+4
[02:31] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 4d6+4 and gets 20."12 [4d6=5, 2, 6, 3]
[02:32] <Carthrat> Seraphin's BURNING FIGHTING SPIRIT lashes out from her forehead, charring away what's left of the Kuo-Toa that struck her friend down's life!
[02:32] <Carthrat> The WHIPS look at her, suddenly worried! All eight of them pick up their crossbows, half firing at Korin, half at Seraphin! Lucia, naturally, cowers behind the wall, wishing she had some kind of useful spell for this circumstance...
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 K
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 K
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 K
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 K
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 K and gets 18."12 [1d20=15]
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 K and gets 6."12 [1d20=3]
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 K and gets 17."12 [1d20=14]
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 K and gets 20."12 [1d20=17]
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 S
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 S
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 S and gets 12."12 [1d20=9]
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 S
[02:32] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 S
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 S and gets 12."12 [1d20=9]
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 S and gets 13."12 [1d20=10]
[02:32] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 S and gets 20."12 [1d20=17]
[02:33] <Carthrat> The flurry of bolts is easily, too easily dodged by the tieflings, who begin to close with no-doubt lethal intent!
[02:34] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary takes a five-foot step back and fires three arrows into her assaliants face, spitting out some terrible, terrible words. And Maz thought she knew all Abyssal had to offer...
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[02:34] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21."12 [1d20=9]
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[02:34] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20."12 [1d20=8]
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[02:34] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9."12 [1d20=2]
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+14
[02:34] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d8+14 and gets 29."12 [2d8=8, 7]
[02:34] <Carthrat> Her attack goes down with two arrows in it's head. Quite a natural reaction, all things considered.
[02:35] <Carthrat> roll 1d100 stabilize rofl
[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d100 stabilize rofl and gets 13."12 [1d100=13]
[02:35] <Carthrat> The last remaining thug blindly attacks where Maz was just standing, attempting to score a hit! At least her images vanished with her!
[02:35] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27."12 [1d20=18]
[02:35] <Carthrat> roll 1d100
[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d100 and gets 68."12 [1d100=68]
[02:36] <Carthrat> But it misses, unable to strike empty air with any skill or grace!
[02:37] * Maz kneels down lightly next to Dorrin's fallen form, words of healing on her lips....
[02:37] <Maz> roll 1d8+2
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d8+2 and gets 6."12 [1d8=4]
[02:39] * Korin growls as he unleashes the power of dreams, a furnace of energy lighting within him as his blades are wrapped in crimson flames, and he proceeds to stab at one of the remaining whips with the rapier.
[02:39] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[02:39] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32."12 [1d20=19]
[02:39] <Korin> roll 1d20+13 threat
[02:39] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 threat and gets 24."12 [1d20=11]
[02:40] <Korin> roll 3d6+14
[02:40] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 3d6+14 and gets 23."12 [3d6=3, 3, 3]
[02:41] <Carthrat> The whip is skewered on Korin's flaming sword, sliding off easily! The wound quickly cauterizes, but it's far, far too late...
[02:44] <Seraphin> Seraphin moves up again, picking a different whip out of the crowd to suffer her stabbing!
[02:45] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+14
[02:45] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+14 and gets 24."12 [1d20=10]
[02:45] <Seraphin> roll 1d6+5
[02:45] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d6+5 and gets 8."12 [1d6=3]
[02:46] <Carthrat> The whip totters back, wounded but unslain! Almost uniformly, the mob of seven draw their pincer staves and spread out around Seraphin and Korin, preparing to attack en masse!
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 S
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 S
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 S and gets 13."12 [1d20=7]
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 S
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 S and gets 13."12 [1d20=7]
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 S and gets 23."12 [1d20=17]
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 K
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 K
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 K and gets 24."12 [1d20=18]
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 K
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 K and gets 22."12 [1d20=16]
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 K
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 K and gets 17."12 [1d20=11]
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 K and gets 14."12 [1d20=8]
[02:48] <Carthrat> roll 2d10 vs. Korin
[02:48] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d10 vs. Korin and gets 7."12 [2d10=5, 2]
[02:48] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+3 vs. Ser
[02:48] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10+3 vs. Ser and gets 13."12 [1d10=10]
[02:49] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary advances forward again, attempting to fire another volley of arrows into the last-standing thug!
[02:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 17."12 [1d20=6]
[02:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 14."12 [1d20=3]
[02:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6
[02:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19."12 [1d20=13]
[02:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1
[02:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 and gets 8."12 [1d8=7]
[02:50] <Carthrat> One blow hits, causing it to fall over and die!
[02:51] * Thrall charges into the whips, slamming his axe into the nearest one like the vengeance of an angry god!
[02:51] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-4 expertise and not actually charging)
[02:51] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+13 (-4 expertise and not actually charging) and gets 24."12 [1d20=11]
[02:51] <Thrall> roll 1d12+12+1d6
[02:51] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d12+12+1d6 and gets 26."12 [1d12=12][1d6=2]
[02:51] <Carthrat> Thrall eviscerates the poor little fish-man. 12"MUGRHALGHLGHEWHSHWESKKKKKEHSE!!!??@?!!eleven!", it says.
[02:52] * Maz rushes at the evil clerics, their backs foolishly turned on their true nemesis, and proceeds to explode in their midst, her two images appearing just in time to follow her!
[02:52] <Maz> roll 5d8 die bitches
[02:52] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 5d8 die bitches and gets 20."12 [5d8=3, 2, 6, 1, 8]
[02:54] <Carthrat> In a flash, four more whips are screaming in dire agony! When Maz decides to renege on her long-sworn hatred of all things hot, it's not pretty, as their departed souls can attest; a wave of blistering heat catches and incinerates them in a huge roar!
[02:55] <Maz> "Eleven back at'cha, bitches!" she calls to them in Infernal.
[02:55] <Carthrat> The remaining whips, all three of them, look at their suddenly-decimated friends, and drop their staves, holding up their hands in surrender!
[02:55] <Carthrat> 12"MRGRGHRGLRGHLEGHLEGHL!"
[02:56] <Thrall> "Common, do you speak it?!" Thrall demands irately, waving his axe in an unfriendly manner.
[02:56] * Maz walks up to one of them, and presses a hand to its skin with a barely-noticeable wince, asking it, "What was that, again? You surrender?"
[02:56] <Carthrat> 12"Please, have mercy, landlings!"
[02:57] <Maz> "Okay," she says, blinking. "Then why did you attack us and our monkey?"
[02:58] <Carthrat> 12"Monkey appear, it try to take crossbow. We shoot monkey! But miss, and monkey takes bolt and runs."
[02:58] <Carthrat> 12"Then we send scout, and scout die!"
[02:58] <Maz> "Really? Wow." Maz shakes her head. "How did you know he died?"
[02:58] <Carthrat> "Kuo-Toa Whips, psychically linked! Allows for lightning charge!"
[02:59] <Carthrat> "What's he saying? I didn't prepare the comprehension spell..." says Lucia, fretfully.
[02:59] <Maz> "Well, he shouldn't have insulted us and our families," Maz says grumpily. "That's not very hospitable!" she lectures them.
[03:00] <Maz> "He's say they attacked us due to a misunderstanding, and they're surrendering now," Maz tells the others.
[03:00] <Carthrat> 12"We are sorry for insults! Please let us go!"
[03:00] <Thrall> "Ask them why no water's coming through the portal?" Thrall suggests, still brandishing his fiery axe.
[03:00] <Maz> "It's okay! Water under the bridge!" Maz vows. "But what are you doing here anyway?"
[03:00] <Carthrat> 12"We are sure your family very nice, very noble pedigree!" one adds, sounding hopeful.
[03:01] * Maz winces again. "Yeah, sure, you bet'cha. Now, why are you here, why is there no water in the oasis, and what's the deal with that freaky husk of a giant worm?"
[03:01] <Carthrat> 12"Um... this water shrine! Bridge between water plane and material plane! High Priest order us here, guard central chamber!"
[03:02] <Carthrat> 12"Not know much, all in name of Blipdoolpoloop! Giant husk drink water, yes, but that not our business!"
[03:02] <Maz> "Why did the flow of water slow down to a trickle, then?"
[03:03] <Carthrat> 12"Water Elementals captured, powering High Priest! She conduct great ritual, but not tell us what for!"
[03:03] <Maz> "Who captured the water elementals?" Maz asks very carefully. "Your High Priest?"
[03:03] <Carthrat> 12"..er.. yes! High Priest do it!"
[03:03] <Carthrat> 12"Sacrificing Githyanki for power even now!"
[03:04] <Carthrat> 12"Very bad! You stop, yes?"
[03:04] <Maz> "Ah!" Maz exclaims. "They're just minions, their High Priest is the really evil one."
[03:04] <Thrall> "Is it behind the drought?" Thrall asks.
[03:04] <Maz> "I'll stop it and even let you go unharmed if you tell me everything," she tells them pleasantly, smiling and bearing her fangs for a change.
[03:06] <Carthrat> 12"Hurray! All middle doors lead to central chamber and elite guard! High Priest there, too, and pet wizard! Very strong! Very powerful! And with water elemental power, even more powerful!"
[03:06] <Carthrat> 12"But outer doors lead to holding rooms! One for Githyanki slaves, three for elementals!"
[03:06] <Maz> "Only the two of them?" she asks, blinking. "What's the strongest spell you ever saw them use?"
[03:06] <Carthrat> 12"High Priest channels the RIGHTEOUS MIGHT OF BLIPDOOLPOLOOP!"
[03:07] <Carthrat> 12"Mage very strange. I know not his spells well. He new."
[03:07] <Maz> "So you haven't actually seem him do anything? What do the two of them look like?"
[03:07] <Carthrat> 12"They Kuo-Toa! They look like us! Landlings can never tell..." he says, sounding sad.
[03:08] <Maz> "I'll make the utmost effort to make the distinction," Maz assures them. "What about the Githyanki? How many are around, and of which strength?"
[03:08] <Carthrat> 12"We sacrifice most already! Only one left! Haha, we kill with own silver sword!"
[03:08] <Carthrat> 12"Very stupid, though. Should really drown them."
[03:09] <Maz> "And where is that sword, or that slave?"
[03:10] <Carthrat> 12"In that room! One guard has sword, though." it says, pointing at the left-heading outer door.
[03:10] <Maz> "How many guards are left here?" Maz asks next. "And what else do you have here, in the way of weapons or traps?"
[03:11] <Carthrat> 12"Um... hard to say. Not many guards left now. Most in centre chamber. Same for weapons. Many pincer staves! High Priest has Watery Grave! VERY strong!"
[03:12] <Carthrat> 12"No traps, though. This not our temple."
[03:13] <Maz> "Here's the deal," Maz informs her allies. "Their High Priest went nuts or something, called for a high level mage, and together they're sacrificing the water spirits and some Githyanki slaves for power. Apparently, there's one of the slaves left, over there." She points at the indicated chamber. "He is guarded by one of them, with a silver sword they used to kill the others with. Right?" Maz directs the last word at the Kuo-Toa.
[03:13] <Carthrat> 12"Very yes!"
[03:14] <Maz> "Any more of you whips here?"
[03:14] <Thrall> "So we need to kill the priest and rescue the water spirits so the drought will end?" Thrall asks, relaxing a bit. At least they're getting information, then.
[03:14] <Carthrat> 12"Octet of whips inside!"
[03:15] <Maz> "Why aren't they coming to help you, then?" Maz asks, relaying this new information as well.
[03:15] <Carthrat> 12"They not bound in lightning circle. It very easy to set up, but not last long."
[03:16] <Maz> "I see," she says slowly. "How long until the time for the next sacrifice?"
[03:16] <Carthrat> 12"High Priest very random."
[03:16] <Maz> "When was the last one, then?"
[03:16] <Carthrat> 12"Yesterday."
[03:17] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary looks like she's about to puke. 4"Oi, Maz. We killing these freaks or not?" she says, in Abyssal.
[03:17] * Maz frowns. "How many pincer staves, you said?"
[03:17] <Carthrat> 12"We don't count! As many as there are Kuo-Toa!"
[03:18] <Maz> 4"Patience, dear," Maz responds to her sister, letting go of the creature. 4"They may have intel I haven't thought to ask, so keeping them prisoner looks to be a good move."
[03:19] <Maz> Pressing her hand against it once more, she tells the Kuo-Toa, "You are now our prisoners. Continue answering our questions to our satisfaction, remain submissive and silent, and you shall be released when your High Priest meets his downfall."
[03:19] <Carthrat> 12"Ok!"
[03:19] <Carthrat> 4"Yeah, sure. Prisoners. Right," mutters Re'Laizary, the word rolling like a curse off her tounge.
[03:20] <Maz> "Any objections?" Maz asks sweetly, staring at the others.
[03:21] * Thrall shrugs. "Let's just deal with the high priest and get out of here."
[03:21] * Korin frowns, but nods. "I'm fine with it, I suppose. Shouldn't someone wake up Seraphin's cousin by the by?"
[03:22] <Maz> "Lucia, darling, would you mind terribly helping our friend Dorrin?" Maz asks the cleric, before turning to the Kuo-Toa and commanding them to place their arms behind their backs.
[03:22] <Carthrat> "Didn't even casting his hasting spell," snorts Re'Laizary.
[03:22] <Carthrat> Lucia nods, her sarcasm subseded by worry...
[03:22] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 D
[03:22] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 D
[03:22] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 D and gets 3."12 [1d8=2]
[03:22] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 D and gets 2."12 [1d8=1]
[03:24] <Maz> roll 1d8+2 Relly
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d8+2 Relly and gets 4."12 [1d8=2]
[03:24] <Maz> roll 1d8+2 Relly
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d8+2 Relly and gets 10."12 [1d8=8]
[03:24] * Maz uses some of her power to heal her sister, while her allies tie up the captured creatures, keeping them separate so they can't touch each other.
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 more D
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 more D and gets 9."12 [1d8=8]
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 more D
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 more D and gets 5."12 [1d8=4]
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 more D
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 more D and gets 7."12 [1d8=6]
[03:25] <Maz> "Better?" she asks.
[03:28] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 R
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 R and gets 9."12 [1d8=8]
[03:28] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 M
[03:28] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 M
[03:28] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 M
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 M and gets 4."12 [1d8=3]
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 M and gets 5."12 [1d8=4]
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 M and gets 8."12 [1d8=7]
[03:28] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 M
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 M and gets 4."12 [1d8=3]
[03:29] <Carthrat> "No! I'm not better! They better have some worthwhile junk to sell," mutters Re'Laizary, who is, of course, physically, perfectly fine.
[03:30] <Maz> "So," Maz says, once the prisoners are properly tied, gagged and in no way able to touch each other. "What now? Do we go after that prisoner?"
[03:30] <Carthrat> The Kuo-Toa don't resist in the slightest as you gag and tie them, though they tense up, somewhat.
[03:30] <Thrall> "Maybe he could be a distraction when we go against the high priest?" Thrall suggests, not especially caring one way or another.
[03:31] <Carthrat> "Maybe we could use her for that," says Re'Laizary, glancing at Lucia.
[03:31] <Maz> "I'm thinking no one deserves to be sacrificed."
[03:32] <Carthrat> Lucia gives Re'Laizary a really nasty look, though she keeps her mouth shut.
[03:33] <Thrall> "Or maybe we could use you," Thrall tells Re'Laizary, before going towards the door. "The Gith is in here, isn't he?" he asks, looking towards the Kuo Toa.
[03:35] <Carthrat> "Hmph, you serious? This thing has four entrances.. hmph, I could pull that off, if you guys are actually, y'know, there," she mutters.
[03:35] <Maz> "Unless they lied," Maz muses, taking our her second wand. "But that would be a very life-altering choice."

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[00:02] <Carthrat> "So... what now, then?" says Lucia, standing as far away from Re'Laizary as she can.
[00:03] * Thrall proceeds to kick the door open, ready to kill anyone on the other side who so much as looks at him funny!
[00:04] * Maz readies her wand, her remaining copies doing the same!
[00:04] <Carthrat> 14CLANG
[00:07] <Carthrat> The door proves to be quite resiliant to kicking (being made of metal and all), though turning the knob BEFORE bashing does the trick! Behind it appears to be a large, square room, complete with a rectangular pool of water in the centre! Surrounding it are eight pillars, extending from floor to ceiling, about three feet wide in every case! You hear surprised, fishy sounds coming from the sides of the room (More)
[00:08] <Carthrat> Tied to one of the pillars is a lone humanoid, with yellow-flecked skin, spiky hair, and face that can only be described as 'long'. Red eyes smoulder in angry sockets, but his mouth is gagged! Stripped naked apart from a loincloth, he looks like some bizzare combination of leper, elf, with skin roughly the colour of yellow slime.
[00:08] <Carthrat> OOC: Init lol
[00:08] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[00:08] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{20}
[00:08] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[00:08] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{15}
[00:09] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[00:09] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{21}
[00:10] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[00:10] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+4 --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{12}
[00:11] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5
[00:11] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[00:11] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+5 --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{8}
[00:11] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+7 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{16}
[00:11] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2
[00:11] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{14}
[00:12] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Seraphin > Thrall > Lucia > Kuo-Toans > Korin > Maz > Re'Laizary > Dorrin Always Goes Last'
[00:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 retroheal
[00:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 retroheal
[00:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 retroheal
[00:13] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d8+1 1,0retroheal --> 1,0[ 1d8=5 ]12,0{6}
[00:13] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d8+1 1,0retroheal --> 1,0[ 1d8=6 ]12,0{7}
[00:13] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d8+1 1,0retroheal --> 1,0[ 1d8=7 ]12,0{8}
[00:13] <Carthrat> You think you saw about four kuo-toans hide behind the rear-most pillars. They know you're there, and you know they're there...
[00:14] <Carthrat> OOC: Room is about sixty feet wide, pillars in question are about 40 feet away
[00:14] <Maz> "I'll try to get to the prisoner if I get the chance," Maz murmurs quietly over the Message. "Someone needs to stay back and watch our prisoners, they're very slippery and could get free."
[00:15] <Carthrat> "Ok!" says Dorrin, cheerfully backing off.
[00:24] * Seraphin stays cautious, holding behind their giant half-orc wall of metal and muscle. She's never worked all -that- well on her own anyway.
[00:25] * Thrall enters the temple and begins making his way around the water and towards the Kuo Toa!
[00:25] <Carthrat> 12"MRGRHGRLGHERLGHEGLEGHL!"
[00:26] <Carthrat> says one of the Kuo-Toans. Maz translates it roughly as "Get him!"
[00:27] <Carthrat> Lucia slouches like a brooding teenager, hanging back near the door, fingering her wand. Emerging from behind the pillars, two Kuo-Toans attempts to strike at Thrall, with their giant pincing claws! He can see around the other side that two more lurk, but one holds a huge, silvery greatsword rather than a staff!
[00:27] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[00:27] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[00:27] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{24}
[00:27] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{28}
[00:28] <Carthrat> roll 2d10+12
[00:28] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d10+12 --> 1,0[ 2d10=11 ]12,0{23}
[00:29] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 touch
[00:29] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 touch
[00:29] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0touch --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{27}
[00:29] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0touch --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{16}
[00:29] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 str
[00:29] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 str
[00:29] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0str --> 1,0[ 1d20=4 ]12,0{13}
[00:29] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0str --> 1,0[ 1d20=20 ]12,0{29}
[00:29] <Carthrat> OOC: Make a pair of grapple checks
[00:29] <Thrall> roll 1d20+14
[00:29] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{33}
[00:30] <Thrall> roll 1d20+14
[00:30] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{33}
[00:30] <Carthrat> Thrall cringes as a pair of mighty blows clinch around his waist! But the puny Kuo-Toans are no match for his strength, and he shrugs off the grasping claws with ease!
[00:31] <Carthrat> The other two glance at each other, and beging making their way around the pool, towards their brutal foe!
[00:31] <Carthrat> OOC: They're somewhere in the top-left corner now, along with Thrall and 2xGoon. GOGOGO
[00:38] <Seraphin> Seeing THreall move into battle, Seraphin snaps shut the trap they make, moving up behind Dead Kuo Toa candidate one to perforate his vital organs at point blank range!
[00:38] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[00:38] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{24}
[00:41] <Seraphin> roll 1d6+5
[00:41] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d6+5 --> 1,0[ 1d6=1 ]12,0{6}
[00:41] <Carthrat> The fishy creature grunts as Seraphin's blade 'tinks!' against it's armoured flesh, carving away a few scales!
[00:43] * Korin moves towards the Kuo Toas as fast as he can.
[00:46] * Maz takes a running leap into the air and flies on borrowed wings, trying to cover the distance between her and the prisoner, the pool underneath her. She draws her ceremonial dagger mid-flight, its tip glinting menacingly. "Curse you, curse you all, curse your weapons and your lineage!" Maz calls to the Kuo-Toa, her dagger flashing ominously as she reads from a scroll under her breath. Her magic goes to work, and she whispers quietly over her link to her allies, "Going for the left-most minion."
[00:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 will lol
[00:46] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+2 1,0will lol --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{15}
[00:47] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary sports a smirk, easily slipping forward and taking a shot at the sword-wielding Githyanki..
[00:48] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[00:48] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{14}
[00:48] <Carthrat> Sadly, it lands in the pool, prompting her to start screaming at her bow in Abyssal. It gurgles weakly in response.
[00:49] * Carthrat changes topic to ' Thrall > Lucia > Kuo-Toans > Seraphin > Korin > Maz > Re'Laizary > Dorrin Always Goes Last'
[00:50] * Thrall steps towards the right-most of the Kuo-Toa that attacked him, flaming axe appearing as little more than a blur as it hacks into fishy flesh!
[00:50] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 expertise)
[00:50] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=2 ]12,0{15}
[00:50] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 expertise)
[00:50] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{26}
[00:50] <Thrall> roll 1d20+8 (-5 expertise)
[00:50] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+8 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{21}
[00:52] * Halbarad (coderhal@cpe-70-112-24-169.austin.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[00:52] <Thrall> roll 2d12+24+2d6
[00:52] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 2d12+24+2d6 --> 1,0[ 2d12=14 2d6=9 ]12,0{47}
[00:53] <Carthrat> Thrall's pair of strikes cleave the kuo-toa apart, axe carving through scaly flesh in an instant! Lucia frets vaugely from the back, though she shoots another dirty glare at Lucia, while the other Kuo-Toan's approach...
[00:53] <Carthrat> The one to the left of Thrall strikes, but finds his weapon turned back upon himself!
[00:53] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[00:53] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=17 ]12,0{26}
[00:53] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+6
[00:53] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d10+6 --> 1,0[ 1d10=2 ]12,0{8}
[00:54] <Carthrat> It clamps around his own skin and unclamps in an instant, drawing blood! Staring at his weapon in dismay, the Kuo-Toan nonetheless attempts to grapple Thrall with it immediately, and it does not bite at him again!
[00:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 touch
[00:54] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0touch --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{22}
[00:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 str, grapple check from Thrall plz
[00:54] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0str, grapple check from Thrall plz --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{18}
[00:55] <Thrall> roll 1d20+14
[00:55] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{23}
[00:56] <Carthrat> OOC: Ex that last bit, but yeah
[00:57] <Carthrat> The other two Kuo-Toans charge into Thrall, one bolstered and weiling a silvery greatsword, the other clutching another pincer staff!
[00:57] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10 swordy
[00:57] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+10 1,0swordy --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{13}
[00:57] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 staffy
[00:57] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0staffy --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{18}
[00:57] <Carthrat> Somehow, both miss, and Thrall finds himself between three distinct and painful-looking weapons, all an inch away from causing harm!
[00:59] <Thrall> Seraphin continues driving her blades into the Kuo Toa she hit before, seeking to end its amphibious life!
[01:00] <Thrall> roll 1d20+8
[01:00] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=5 ]12,0{13}
[01:00] <Thrall> roll 1d20+7
[01:00] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+7 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{21}
[01:00] <Thrall> roll 1d20+8
[01:00] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{14}
[01:01] <Thrall> roll 1d6+4
[01:01] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d6+4 --> 1,0[ 1d6=2 ]12,0{6}
[01:01] <Carthrat> Seraphin's second blow chips off more skin, the creature looking more angry than injured at this point!
[01:03] * Korin targets one of the remaining Kuo Toa and violently jabs with his rapier, hoping to run the creature through with the blade.
[01:03] <Korin> roll 1d20+14
[01:03] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{32}
[01:03] <Korin> roll 1d20+14 threat
[01:03] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+14 1,0threat --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{17}
[01:03] <Korin> roll 1d6+7
[01:03] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d6+7 --> 1,0[ 1d6=1 ]12,0{8}
[01:04] <Carthrat> The creature looks weak(er) now, another tiny blow dealing a little more damage! It all adds up!
[01:05] * Maz takes off the prisoner's gag, placing a hand -- the one not holding her dagger -- on his shoulder and saying to him in Common in a conversational tone of voice, "We're here to get rid of those baddies, wanna come with us?" Her hand flings out in the direction of the Kuo-Toa Seraphin had wounded just now, and a trio of bright icy bolts shoot out unerringly at it!
[01:05] <Maz> roll 3d4+3
[01:05] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 3d4+3 --> 1,0[ 3d4=11 ]12,0{14}
[01:05] <Carthrat> Maz steals the kill, bolts flashing into the beast and causing it to drop! The Githyanki grunts and nod an affirmitive, starting to breath heavily.
[01:06] <Maz> "Excellent!" she tells him brightly. "I'll have you out of this in a flash!"
[01:06] <Carthrat> Re'Laizery mutters something, bashes her bow against a pillar, and then runs a few feet before firing another arrow towards the sword-weilding Githyanki, heedless of it's present combat with Thrall!
[01:06] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[01:06] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{29}
[01:06] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+6
[01:06] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+6 --> 1,0[ 2d8=7 ]12,0{13}
[01:07] <Carthrat> It hits it's mark with uncanny precision, striking right in the stomach!
[01:08] * Thrall snarls a curse in orcish as he engages the sword wielding Kuo-Toa, proving once more the superiority of a good axe!
[01:09] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 expertise)
[01:09] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{14}
[01:09] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 expertise)
[01:09] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{26}
[01:09] <Thrall> roll 1d20+8 (-5 expertise)
[01:09] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+8 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{20}
[01:09] <Thrall> roll 1d12+12+1d6
[01:09] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d12+12+1d6 --> 1,0[ 1d12=8 1d6=5 ]12,0{25}
[01:10] <Carthrat> The gith is knocked back a pace by Thrall's strike, but it's guard is up this time, and it counters twice, sword flickering dimly in the light!
[01:10] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+14
[01:10] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:10] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{28}
[01:10] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=4 ]12,0{13}
[01:10] <Carthrat> roll 2d6+8
[01:10] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d6+8 --> 1,0[ 2d6=7 ]12,0{15}
[01:11] <Carthrat> It strikes once, a telling blow on the orc! The creature behind him also tries to grapple Thrall with his staff, the claws clacking terribly!
[01:11] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:11] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{21}
[01:11] <Carthrat> But he just can't get through his opponents steely defences!
[01:22] <Seraphin> Shaking her head at the intense mess, Seraphin takes a quick step forwards and towards the Kuo Toa fighting Thrall, lashing out with both her weapons!
[01:22] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+13
[01:22] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{25}
[01:22] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[01:22] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+10 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{16}
[01:23] <Seraphin> roll 1d6+5
[01:23] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d6+5 --> 1,0[ 1d6=6 ]12,0{11}
[01:24] <Carthrat> The sword-wielding maniac is looks pretty bad, but he still maintains a burning fighting spirit!
[01:24] * Korin heads towards the slightly farther back Kuo Toa, and challenges him to combat with an opening strike from his rapier, his shortsword held at the ready in conjuction with the rapier for the Kuo Toa's reply to his action.
[01:24] <Korin> roll 1d20+14
[01:24] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{21}
[01:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:26] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=17 ]12,0{26}
[01:27] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+6
[01:27] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d10+6 --> 1,0[ 1d10=8 ]12,0{14}
[01:27] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[01:27] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{27}
[01:27] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9 OOC: Make a grapple check, BaB+strength
[01:27] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+9 1,0OOC: Make a grapple check, BaB+strength --> 1,0[ 1d20=11 ]12,0{20}
[01:28] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[01:28] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{24}
[01:28] <Korin> roll 1d6+7
[01:28] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d6+7 --> 1,0[ 1d6=5 ]12,0{12}
[01:29] <Carthrat> As Korin darts forward, the kuo-toa with the staff grabs him from a split-second, painfully digging into his sides! But he can't get a grip, and Korin is free in an instant, slashing forward with a fierce opening strike!
[01:29] <Maz> Acid appears on Maz's fingertips as she commands her spell to run its course, placing her palm against the ropes binding the Githyanki where they begin to sizzle, leaving his flesh untouched. Once he begins to fall, she is ready to help pull him to safety, using her wings for extra power should the need arise.
[01:30] <Carthrat> Maz finds that the Githyanki is rather heavy, but he manages to land on the actual floor! He's still lacking a weapon, however...
[01:30] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary takes another potshot at the swordfish, her bow meek and quiet.
[01:30] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[01:30] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{21}
[01:30] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+6
[01:30] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+6 --> 1,0[ 2d8=8 ]12,0{14}
[01:31] <Carthrat> Her shot pierces it's skin, yet it hangs on by just a thread, even though it's wounds spill horribly with fountains of blood!
[01:31] * Thrall tries to finish the sword-wielding fishman off in a stunning display of overkill with his flaming axe!
[01:31] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 expertise)
[01:31] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{32}
[01:31] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 expertise)
[01:31] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{26}
[01:32] <Thrall> roll 1d20+8 (-5 expertise)
[01:32] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+8 1,0(-5 expertise) --> 1,0[ 1d20=4 ]12,0{12}
[01:32] <Carthrat> OOC: HitHitMiss
[01:32] <Thrall> roll 2d12+24+2d6
[01:32] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 2d12+24+2d6 --> 1,0[ 2d12=15 2d6=5 ]12,0{44}
[01:32] <Carthrat> It's overkill allright, the fishy being reduced to mere ashes and bone in an instant!
[01:33] <Carthrat> The last Kuo-Toa glances around... and dives into the pool!
[01:33] <Carthrat> It begins swimming down...
[01:34] * Korin growls a bit as the creature decides to make it's escape over letting him skewer it after the wound he just suffered to meet it in combat.
[01:36] <Maz> Maz's eyes glint happily, and droplets of water appear all around her, forming into a small dagger of ice, which she grasps and flings after the fleeing Kuo-Toa!
[01:36] <Maz> roll 1d20+12
[01:36] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{26}
[01:36] <Maz> OOC: Fort save, DC 20
[01:36] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8
[01:36] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{26}
[01:36] <Maz> roll 2d8
[01:36] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 2d8 --> 1,0[ 2d8=9 ]12,0{9}
[01:37] <Carthrat> The creature is hit by Maz's knife! It seems to still be alive, however... and continues swimming down the apparently infinite pool. It's barely a dot in the distance, now...
[01:38] <Maz> "Coward!" Maz calls after it.
[01:38] * Thrall breathes a bit heavily, dripping some blood as he lowers his axe and looks around. "That it?"
[01:38] <Carthrat> "You'd do the same," snorts Re'Laizary, rolling her eyes.
[01:38] * Korin nods in gruff agreement, as he cleans his rapier of what little blood it tasted before sheathing it and the shortsword again.
[01:39] <Maz> "And you'd yell the same if I do," Maz returns.
[01:39] <Seraphin> "Seems so," Seraphin shrugs, un-gemifying her sword and cleaning both blades before sheathing them.
[01:39] <Maz> "So, do you know where this leads?" she asks the now-freed Githyanki, pointing at the pool.
[01:40] <Carthrat> The tiefling stretches, yawning. "No," he replies in thick Common, the word coming slowly off his tounge, before ignoring Maz in favour of running over to the dropped sword.
[01:41] * Maz decides to examine the surroundings for the time being, studying their magical signature.
[01:42] <Carthrat> Maz discovers a rather potent Abjuration effect on the room!
[01:42] <Thrall> "So how do we restart the water into the oasis?" Thrall asks, briefly dunking his axe into the water to clean it before he replaces it in its harness along with the other greataxe and longbow taking up space on his back.
[01:42] <Maz> roll 1d20+15
[01:42] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+15 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{29}
[01:43] <Carthrat> It's a fairly potent spell of warding, similar to Dimensional Anchor. It would not be impossible to dispel, however... The silver sword on the ground also glows with faint evocation, and the water with strong conjuration.
[01:44] <Carthrat> "Kuo-Toa," speaks up the Gith, cradling his blade. "One... monitor," he says, slowly. "In every room. Stands in warding circle, channeling power. Many enraged water elementals... attack anything they see, I am sure."
[01:44] <Maz> "Why don't we ask our new friend about what happened here before we arrived?" Maz tells Thrall, slowly approaching the Githyanki.
[01:46] <Maz> "So, what now?" Maz asks the others. "I'm pretty much out of spells, myself, though not helpless. You are wounded. Should we regroup first?"
[01:48] <Thrall> "I think we could clear one more room, at least," Thrall states his opinion. "Better than giving the Kuo Toa a chance to regroup."
[01:49] <Maz> "Do you know what lies behind the other doors?" Maz asks the erstwhile prisoner.
[01:49] <Carthrat> "I just say!"
[01:49] <Maz> "It's the same for every room?" she asks, blinking.
[01:50] <Maz> "Then where are the priest and the mage?"
[01:50] <Carthrat> "Best I know. I not see other rooms very long," he replies. "Priest, mage, I know little. Perhaps in cetnre room."
[01:50] <Maz> "Well, that's as good a plan as any," Maz allows. "You're in the lead, Thrall, so you get the honor of picking a door."
[01:51] <Carthrat> "Didn't he just say there were enraged water elementals in those rooms?" says Lucia, doubtfully. "Maybe we shouldn't be trying to slaughter them..."
[01:51] <Maz> "We can try to subdue them."
[01:52] <Thrall> "It's the Kuo Toa we need to deal with - would taking out the Monitors help?" Thrall suggests. "Better to have the Elementals on our side than berserk."
[01:53] * Maz places a hand on Thrall's shoulder, chanting briefly, weaving a spell of protection around his form.
[01:57] <Thrall> "Right," Thrall nods, "Let's take the next one up," he jerks his thumb in that direction before starting out of this room and up towards the rear end of the 'diamond'. "Everyone ready?" he asks, at the door.
[01:57] * Maz holds up two wands. "Ready!" she responds.
[01:58] <Carthrat> "I didn't pack any nonlethal arrows," snorts Re'Laizary. "Want me along anyway?"
[01:58] <Maz> "Just shoot the monitors, they're all evil," Maz tells her.
[01:58] <Thrall> "Shoot the Kuo Toa," Thrall replies dourly, before readying his currently not-flaming axe and heading inside!
[02:00] * Maz uses a power out of shadow, her senses sharpening.
[02:00] <Carthrat> Thrall opens the door! Behind it, he can see about three or four roughly-humanoid looking shapes flailing around up and down the sides of the room. There are two as big as a man, but one is as big as a horse, and another as big as about three horses! As Thrall enters, they unleash screams of primal fury, beginning to hurl themselves towards the door!
[02:00] <Carthrat> The water in the centre of the room begins to churn, and you can just make out, behind the middle-rear most pillar, what appears to be some kind of magic pentagram, drawn into the ground...
[02:00] <Carthrat> OOC: Init lol
[02:00] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[02:00] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{17}
[02:00] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[02:00] <Yuyubot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{14}
[02:00] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[02:00] <Yuyubot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{20}
[02:01] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[02:01] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+4 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{10}
[02:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1 medium elementals
[02:01] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+1 1,0medium elementals --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{2}
[02:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 large elemental
[02:01] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+2 1,0large elemental --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{14}
[02:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+4 huge elemental
[02:01] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+4 1,0huge elemental --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{5}
[02:02] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5 Re
[02:02] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+5 1,0Re --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{20}
[02:03] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Relly = Seraphin > Thrall > Korin = Large E. > Maz > Huge E. > Medium E. > Monitor goes last'
[02:04] <Carthrat> OOC: Ser goes FIRST. The water elementals are all roughly in line with the middle pillars on the sides. The large one is on the left, the huge is on the right, and each one has an accompanying medium one.
[02:04] <Carthrat> OOC: They'd be... roughtly 60 feet away.
[02:04] <Carthrat> OOC: You are all hasted.
[02:04] <Carthrat> OOC: GO
[02:15] <Seraphin> Seeing few better options, and all alternatives involving a close inspection of how solid water can feel, Seraphin bounds at lightning speed across the room towards the pentagram, trying to avoid reach.
[02:16] <Carthrat> In a flash Seraphin is there! She can see, standing in the centre of the pentagram, a hooded Kuo-Toa, glowing with palpable blue energy! It stands just in front of the pillar, a massive spear gripped in both hands!
[02:17] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary leans at the door, glancing the elementals warily. She stays just inside the entrance, arrow nocked to her bow as she looks for a suitable target...
[02:19] <Thrall> Suitably hasted, Thrall simply follows after Seraphin rather than waste time bluntly reasoning with the Elementals. Better to treat the cause than the symptom!
[02:19] <Carthrat> OOC: Which way you going? Left or right?
[02:20] <Thrall> OOC: left
[02:21] * Korin also follows after Seraphin for much the same reason, though at a faster rate than Thrall given his lighter armor selection.
[02:23] <Carthrat> The water bubbles, and a pair of large elementals lurch out! Going after the slowest of the pack, they lurch to block Thrall's way, while their landbound one wastes no strike charging and striking at him!
[02:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[02:23] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=20 ]12,0{32}
[02:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12 threat
[02:23] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+12 1,0threat --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{13}
[02:23] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+5
[02:23] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+5 --> 1,0[ 2d8=7 ]12,0{12}
[02:24] <Carthrat> Like a tidal wave, it slams into him, battering his face and filling his nose with horrible water!
[02:30] <Maz> "Let's go, Sis," Maz tells Relly, and moves into the room, going around the central pillar and seeking out the monitor the Githyanki mentioned. Her wand flashes, and a pair of missiles are sent at him, to gain his attention more than anything.
[02:30] <Maz> roll 2d4+2
[02:30] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 2d4+2 --> 1,0[ 2d4=6 ]12,0{8}
[02:34] <Carthrat> The missiles surge forth and strike the Kuo-Toa, who shakes it off quickly! "Dammit, Maz, eyes OPEN!" swears Re'Laizary, however, as the huge elemental begins to move! Within moments it is in Maz's face, massive, wavelike arms nearby!
[02:35] <Carthrat> The smaller one runs as well, planting itself on the other side of her, making escape difficult!
[02:37] <Carthrat> The monitor, for his part, snatches up his spear, and taking a short step back, attempts to lash out at Seraphin, trying not to move out of his pentagram!
[02:37] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+10
[02:37] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+10 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{22}
[02:38] <Carthrat> roll 2d6+8
[02:38] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d6+8 --> 1,0[ 2d6=8 ]12,0{16}
[02:40] <Carthrat> He manages to land a cutting blow on her, his limbs surging with a blue light as he thrusts forward!
[02:41] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary keeps to the wall, glancing gingerly at the huge elemental, but she tries to angle around the side and fire a shot at the kuo-toa instead!
[02:41] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[02:41] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{29}
[02:41] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+6
[02:41] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+6 --> 1,0[ 2d8=8 ]12,0{14}
[02:44] <Thrall> As Seraphin is attacked, Thrall lunges forward, axe bursting into flames and tearing through the air and then Kuo-Toa flesh! Probably!
[02:44] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 power attack)
[02:44] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 power attack) --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{26}
[02:44] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13 (-5 power attack)
[02:44] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0(-5 power attack) --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{31}
[02:44] <Thrall> roll 1d20+8 (-5 power attack)
[02:44] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 1d20+8 1,0(-5 power attack) --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{15}
[02:45] <Thrall> roll 2d12+44+2d6
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Thrall rolled :1,0 2d12+44+2d6 --> 1,0[ 2d12=17 2d6=5 ]12,0{66}
[02:45] <Carthrat> The Kuo-Toa didn't have a chance! It falls apart in a mist of blood and scales! The elementals tremble for a moment...
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+7 --> 1,0[ 1d20=11 ]12,0{18}
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{11}
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{5}
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{8}
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+1 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{19}
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[02:45] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+1 --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{20}
[02:46] <Carthrat> The huge one, and the two smaller ones cease their berserker furies almost instantly, and plunge back into the abysses below! But the three large ones, to the left of Thrall, Seraphin, and Korin, still look decidedly angry!
[02:49] <Korin> "Ugh...Looks like we're still going to have to subdue them, doesn't it?" Korin mutters, as he readies his weapons.
[02:50] <Seraphin> "Or just, y'know, retreat," Seraphin answers upon seeing the monitor down, and some creatures...still unhappy. Seraphin breaks into a retreating dash, to get out of the room, hopefully avoiding their reach!
[02:51] <Carthrat> Seraphin is easily able to run around the other side of the room, which is lacking large elementals, and make it back to the door in one piece!
[02:51] * Korin snorts, but gives a small nod. "Well, that works for me as well, I suppose," the tiefling swashbuckler comments before he chases after Seraphin's shapely ass out of the room.
[02:52] <Carthrat> The three large elementals surge towards Thrall and Korin, even as the latter departs! Two strike at the half-orc, while one attempts to batter at the swashbuckler!
[02:52] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[02:52] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12
[02:52] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{31}
[02:52] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{13}
[02:52] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+12 K
[02:52] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+12 1,0K --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{25}
[02:52] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+5 T
[02:52] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+5 1,0T --> 1,0[ 2d8=8 ]12,0{13}
[02:52] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+5 K
[02:52] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+5 1,0K --> 1,0[ 2d8=7 ]12,0{12}
[02:53] <Carthrat> Their wet blows hurt like the full force of a tsunami, helping Korin along in his way whilst leaving cracked bones in their wake!
[02:54] <Maz> "Good advice," Maz agrees, moving away and towards the safety of the corridor.
[02:55] <Carthrat> A few minutes later, the party is outside, a job well done behind them! Albeit, everyone seems much wetter than they were before they tried.
[02:57] <Thrall> "Okay, rest up and then deal with the rest?" Thrall suggests, stoic even in the face of his grevious wounds.
[02:58] <Maz> "We could do that," Maz agrees, nodding. "But where? This is their base, even if it was not originally. It might be dangerous to stay."
[02:58] <Seraphin> "Yes, let's do this a little more subtley next time," Seraphin grumbles, ready to go back.
[02:58] <Korin> "I doubt anybody will disagree with a resting and healing period," Korin replies as he looks at everyone else, holding his ribs, his bones still feeling rattled from the impact of the attack as they escaped.
[02:59] <Maz> "Though...." Maz frowns. "They surely know of us by now, what if when we return, the guard on the rooms would be reinforced?"
[03:00] <Thrall> "I'd rather take an increased guard at full strength than get battered around by those elementals again right now," Thrall states his opinion.
[03:00] * Korin snorts. "Agreed," Korin says simply.
[03:00] <Maz> "Then the only question remaining is where to rest."
[03:03] <Thrall> "Back at the oasis?" Thrall suggests. "Not comfortable resting here, I think."
[03:04] <Maz> "Alright," Maz says. "Let's get back with our prisoners, then."
[03:05] <Carthrat> Lucia bustles about with her wand as the party begins to head back, easing wounds all over...
[03:07] <Carthrat> "Can't fight without armour," grunts the Githyanki, as you head back. "Mage. You have armour spell?"
[03:08] <Maz> "It just so happens that I do," she agrees. "And you can call me Maz!"
[03:08] <Thrall> "What happened to your other equipment?" asks Thrall.
[03:08] <Carthrat> "Bottom of elemental plane," he growls, angrily. "Kuo-Toans only take Ra'damanthuya because of magic."
[03:09] <Carthrat> "But she and I together now," he adds, gripping his sword fondly.
[03:10] <Maz> "I am certain you will be very happy together for years to come," Maz agrees. "If I help you with your armor problem, would you help us in turn to kill the evil priest behind this?"
[03:10] <Carthrat> "Revenge is as a given."
[03:12] <Carthrat> Later, in and around the hut...
[03:14] <Carthrat> Lucia sits inside the hut, Re'Laizary and Seraphin apparently absent for a moment. "Um... so you're really heading to the underdark later?" she asks, hesitantly.
[03:16] <Maz> "That seems like the plan," Maz tells her with a nod. "You're coming, right?"
[03:16] * Thrall snorts. "Miss congeniality seems to think it's a good idea. I don't know, myself."
[03:17] <Carthrat> "I don't know if I even CAN come," she says, fidgeting a bit. "I've got to.. uh.. make a report if I'm going somewhere drastically different, I think."
[03:17] <Maz> "Even if you get back soon enough?"
[03:18] <Carthrat> "Well.. you weren't really going for a short trip, were you? I mean, with the hiding and the demons and all," she replies, blushing a little.
[03:19] <Thrall> "And after the Underdark we'll probably be going to Narfell, won't we?" Thrall asks Maz.
[03:19] <Maz> "I don't plan on hiding forever, whatever Relly might think," Maz responds with a simple shrug. "Once I have enough leverage, I hope to take the fight over to them." She nods at Thrall's words. "Yes, exactly. It's way past time for them to get... well, justice, I suppose."
[03:22] <Carthrat> Lucia is a silent for a moment, looking at the floor for a bit. "I.. I don't think I should come, though," she says, eyes shifting away from you all. "I mean.. Maz is a cleric of, well, something, now! So there's no problem getting healed, and.. well.. it's dangerous down there, no time for worrying about a deadweight, no-sir."
[03:23] <Maz> "You're our friend!" Maz exclaims. "And you're no deadweight, either, so don't say that."
[03:26] <Carthrat> "But it's true," she replies, sombrely. "I mean.. we've been lucky so far, but I can't really defend myself against something serious, or anything."
[03:27] <Thrall> "It could be dangerous," Thrall admits. "Everything you hear about the Underdark says it's a place of almost no respite - I won't blame you for not wanting to go down there."
[03:28] <Maz> "It's all a matter of training, and you'll get there," Maz says slowly, thinking it over. "Maybe you just need a different way to use your gifts. There is plenty out there that helps in a fight without hurting the other side, like using illusion to your and your friends' benefit. Or, perhaps, a way of healing and otherwise providing aid from a distance... and would you learn that couped up in a temple?"
[03:29] <Carthrat> "I won't learn ANYTHING if I need to listen to that bi- er, yes! I could indeed learn all that in a temple!"
[03:30] <Maz> "The theory, maybe, but not how to use it practically," Maz returns. "Is that what you want? I thought you wanted to learn more about the world!"
[03:31] <Carthrat> "Well... yeah..." she replies, looking uncomfortably shifty again. "Even if this is sort of work experience, though, I'm not really *helping*, I think..."
[03:33] <Thrall> "I find your presence welcome," Thrall shrugs, "But if you want to go someplace safer - Hell, pretty much anywhere is safer than with us - I don't blame you for that."
[03:34] <Maz> "And that makes two of us," Maz agrees. "Sure, I'll be sad if you go, but if you have no other choice...."
[03:36] <Carthrat> Lucia doesn't look very happy with herself, but she gives a nod. "Yeah.. sorry, though. Maybe.. when you come out, or something, you could find me again, and I'll be stronger by then, I'm sure... yeah..."
[03:39] <Carthrat> OOC: Assuming you sleep now- Maz, will save
[03:41] <Maz> roll 1d20+12
[03:41] <Yuyubot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=2 ]12,0{14}
[03:42] <Carthrat> roll 1d10
[03:42] <Yuyubot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d10 --> 1,0[ 1d10=3 ]12,0{3}

Corwin · December 28, 2006, 09:56:12 AM

[00:02] <Carthrat> After a (mostly) restful sleep, the party awakens once again. "Right! Let's go! Time's a-wasting," sings Re'Laizary, looking as fresh as ever.
[00:04] * Maz looks decidedly grumpy after her wonderful night of nightmares and hate, and opts not to respond.
[00:06] * Thrall takes a few moments to don his armour, getting ready for more carnage. "Ready," he nods grimly.
[00:09] * Seraphin just grumpily prepares, trying to get the worst kinks out of her muscles. "Yeah, whenever," she murmurs.
[00:09] <Carthrat> The portal still looms in the centre of the oasis-crater... though it seems a little more water has seeped out around the base, the sand a duller, mushier tone than it was the day before.
[00:10] <Carthrat> Your Githyanki friend growls to himself as you prepare, hoisting his sword and glancing at Al'Maz. "The spell of armouring?" he says, gruffly.
[00:11] <Maz> "Oh, Lucia can take care of that," Maz responds airily, nodding in her direction.
[00:12] <Carthrat> "Eh? Oh... right," she mutters, busily casting the spell upon the lanky humanoid. He bares his teeth in response, before strating to trudge towards the portal.
[00:13] * Thrall likewise heads into the portal, fiery greataxe at the ready!
[00:13] <Carthrat> STORMING INTO THE PORTAL, THRALL DISCOVERS...
[00:14] <Carthrat> ...that it seems to be much like he left it. The pile of dead bodies remains at the junction, apparently having gone unnoticed by the denizens within.
[00:14] * Maz opts to stay near Lucia, having used her wand to augment her sight.
[00:15] * Seraphin follows in closely behind Thrall, hands on her blades, looking around. It could be a trap!
[00:22] <Carthrat> Besides the sound of rushing water, little can be heard in this place. The walls and strange lights give an alien, surreal view to the structure, with an ever-present feeling of dampness permeating through the air.
[00:22] <Maz> "So, monitors, are we going to do something about them?" Maz asks, forcing a cheerful expression onto her face.
[00:23] <Thrall> "Should deal with them and the Elementals before we go for the high priest," Thrall agrees. "Anyone have any ideas, or will we just use the same plan as before?"
[00:23] <Korin> "If we have something better than 'Run up, beat them in the face till they die, then flee', I'm all for that plan," Korin comments with a lazy grin.
[00:24] <Maz> "That plan, sadly, involves quite a bit more rest, which I do not think we can afford at the time," Maz tells him.
[00:26] <Thrall> "Well, it worked last time," Thrall nods dourly, starting towards the first door along the right fork.
[00:27] <Korin> "You were the one in the assassination business, right Seraphin? Any suggestions on something more efficient?" the swashbuckler asks of the fellow tiefling.
[00:28] <Seraphin> "If I was invisible I could take out the priests easily...emphasis on if I was invisible," Seraphin offers with a helpless shrug.
[00:43] <Carthrat> Dorrin stealthily steps up behind Seraphin, and taps her on the head with a crystal-tipped wand! In an instant, she vanishes from sight, just like she always wanted.
[00:44] <Korin> "Well...that seems convinient," Korin grins as he looks towards the sorcerer.
[00:44] <Maz> "Extremely," Maz deadpans.
[00:44] <Carthrat> Dorrin has no words.
[00:45] <Thrall> "Your show now, Seraphin," Thrall steps away from the door and the invisible tiefling.
[00:45] <Seraphin> "Such is life," Seraphin shrugs.. "I need someone else to open the door, look in, make noise, that kind of thing. Or they'll kind of know that an empty doorway just opened and closed."
[00:47] <Seraphin> "You don't need to actually come in, just let them know someone visible opened that door, and that they're afraid enough to not actually come in," Seraphin provides.
[00:48] <Korin> "Well, unless the big guy wants to, I'll do it," the swashbuckler comments with a small grunt. "I did suggest for a new plan, I guess."
[00:48] * Korin goes open the door and takes a look while leaving enough space for Seraphin to sneak through.
[00:48] <Carthrat> "I know I liked him for a reason," says Re'Laizary, giving Korin a hungry look.
[00:49] <Carthrat> Behind the door, Korinsees another fearsome-looking array of water elementals, twisting and whirling about like nothing else! A quartet of medium-sized ones huddles near the front of the central pool, while one great, huge, ambulatory vortex of water stands on either side of the pool, frothing like a tidal wave! You can faintly make out the tracing of a protective circle across the other side of the pool...
[00:52] <Seraphin> Seraphin moves quickly through the entrance, staying out of the pool and instead trying to move around on dry land, as silently as possible so she can get around to look at the cleric.
[00:52] <Carthrat> OOC: Move silently check
[00:52] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15
[00:52] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+15 and gets 19."12 [1d20=4]
[00:53] * Korin waits a while to ensure that Seraphin has sneaked past while he makes the motions of looking around the room, controlling his expression to look like he's worried as he catches sight of the elementals and their size. Once he's certain, he edges back and closes the door.
[00:53] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[00:53] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16."12 [1d20=5]
[00:54] <Carthrat> The elementals don't notice Seraphin's staccato steps stalking stealthily s'tacross the room, and she's able to creep within sight of her target! He himself stands comfortably within a protective circle of chalk and runes, chanting away with his eyes closed.
[00:56] * Seraphin studies her target as she gets closer, wanting to be very sure the darned thing dies. Patience is a small sacrifice for insurance.
[00:59] <Carthrat> As Seraphin narrows her eyes at the target, a sudden, shooting pain lances through her forehead! Staggering for a moment, she sees, almost out of focus, a series of red dots located in various points on her stationary target... the brain, the heart, the lungs, places where a single strike can practically ensure death...
[01:04] <Seraphin> Seraphin clenches her jaw, taking a final moment to cast a spell to insure the accuracy of her blade on herself, before she moves in for the kill!
[01:05] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+31 death attack
[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+31 death attack and gets 51."12 [1d20=20]
[01:06] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+35 lol
[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+35 lol and gets 51."12 [1d20=16]
[01:07] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 20."12 [1d20=20]
[01:07] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 full sneak attack GET
[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 full sneak attack GET and gets 12."12 [1d20=1]
[01:07] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+9 second hand sneak attack
[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+9 second hand sneak attack and gets 29."12 [1d20=20]
[01:07] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+9 crit confirm
[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+9 crit confirm and gets 28."12 [1d20=19]
[01:08] <Seraphin> roll 10d6+14
[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 10d6+14 and gets 54."12 [10d6=3, 3, 6, 3, 6, 3, 1, 5, 6, 4]
[01:09] <Carthrat> The dots disspate into a multitude of thin lines, lines that Seraphin is able to cut apart in a blink of an eye! The Kuo-Toa is stunned, it's mouth opening with a faint croak, staring in disbelief as Seraphin slides past, like blood in the wind. For a moment, in hangs together...
[01:13] <Seraphin> "You're already dead. You can go ahead with the dying," Seraphin offers the Kuo-Toa cheerily, , tapping its nose with her short blade as she materializes, before darting off towards the door at a dead run.
[01:14] <Carthrat> The creature groggily falls apart with a wet sucking sound, eyes turning bloodshot before it expires! The elementals freeze for a moment, seeming to be trying to overcome something...
[01:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[01:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18."12 [1d20=11]
[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15."12 [1d20=8]
[01:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[01:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[01:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[01:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+1 and gets 16."12 [1d20=15]
[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20."12 [1d20=19]
[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+1 and gets 10."12 [1d20=9]
[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+1 and gets 10."12 [1d20=9]
[01:15] <Carthrat> One of the huge elementals seems to regain itself, plunging into the water once again! Two of the smaller ones do the same, but the other half of them remain in their frenzied state, flailing madly- they start shambling towards Seraphin!
[01:15] <Carthrat> OOC: Init
[01:15] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[01:15] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23."12 [1d20=17]
[01:17] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1
[01:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+1 and gets 7."12 [1d20=6]
[01:17] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+4
[01:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5."12 [1d20=1]
[01:19] <Seraphin> Seraphin dashes across the way, yanks the door open in a desperate need for escape, steps out, and slams it shut behind her!
[01:19] <Korin> "Well, I take it things went well?" Korin notes. "You seem dry enough after all."
[01:21] <Seraphin> "...Yeah, you could say that!" Seraphin agrees with a false cheeriness, her crystal red eyes only slightly clouded over by their own red mist. "It's skull was a little thick, so I ended up just tearing it to pieces."
[01:22] <Thrall> "Whatever works," Thrall snorts amusedly. "Only one more and then we can deal with the high priest?
[01:22] <Carthrat> "Yeah, I hate it when that happens," grouses Re'Laizary. "I don't know why some things just *refuse to die*, it doesn't make sense."
[01:24] <Thrall> "Ready for a repeat performance on the next one, then?" Thrall asks Seraphin, starting up towards the next door.
[01:25] <Seraphin> "Sure," Seraphin nods, cracking her neck and moving towards the next door. "Same drill for entry," she adds, glancing at her cousin.
[01:26] <Carthrat> Your silent cousin is only too happy to oblige, weaving his wonderful... magic upon you once more.
[01:26] * Korin once more repeats the action of peeking in through the door while leaving space for Seraphin to pass through.
[01:27] <Carthrat> Korin notes that this room actually differs from the other!
[01:29] <Carthrat> Rather than a simple 'square' of water in the middle, there's a horizontal 'lake' that stretches from one side of the room to the other, roughly in the centre; it is still, and to one side, there is a large valve. The lake is roughly fifteen feet wide, and is across the whole 60 feet of the room; one either side is a lone, massive elemental, swirling aimlessly back and forth. The monitor, naturally, lurks on the opposite bank-
[01:29] <Carthrat> ensconced and blind within his protections.
[01:33] * Korin quickly closes the door before Seraphin can sneak past him, and relates the differing layout of the room to his companions, as the prior plan won't be as useful in this case.
[01:34] <Thrall> "We could just shoot him across the water, if there's no wall in the way like last time?" Thrall suggests, slinging his axe and readying his bow.
[01:34] <Maz> "Whatever works," Maz says with a shrug.
[01:34] <Seraphin> "Yeah, that's what I was thinking," Seraphin agrees, sheathing her blades and taking out her bow.
[01:35] <Carthrat> "What about the elementals?" murmurs Re'Laizary.
[01:36] <Korin> "I'll need to get a ranged weapon after this," Korin comments with a shake of his head. "I won't be able to help here, except maybe acting as distraction for the elementals. Not something I'd really want to do..."
[01:37] <Carthrat> "I'll help you pick out an excellent bow!" states Re'Laizary, giving Korin a wicked grin. "Yes, and arrows, too... well, not everyone can have their own angel-slaying abomination, but I still know a thing or two!"
[01:37] * Thrall eyes his own relatively mundane (if excellently crafted!) bow and feels slightly less manly.
[01:38] * Korin smiles at Maz's sister and nods his head. "I'd appreciate that."
[01:39] * Thrall goes to stand at the doorway, drawing his bow back and ready to fire, waiting for Re'Laizary to take position as well. "Someone get the door?" he requests, his hands currently full.
[01:40] * Korin goes do that, since there's not much more to do.
[01:40] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary unshoulders her bow, eyes bright with glee as one hand strays to her quiver...
[01:42] <Carthrat> The door opens, revealing the practically defenceless Kuo-Toa across the other side!
[01:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+4
[01:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+4 and gets 20."12 [1d20=16]
[01:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2
[01:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16."12 [1d20=14]
[01:44] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[01:44] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[01:44] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12."12 [1d20=10]
[01:44] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 15."12 [1d20=11]
[01:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[01:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10."12 [1d20=3]
[01:46] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Elementals > Kuo-Toa(Surprised) > Maz > THrall > Relly'
[01:46] <Carthrat> The elementals do not appear to notice the opening of the door, simply milling back and forth, as before...
[01:47] <Carthrat> The Kuo-Toa's eyes flicker open, and he glances at the party, startled and not acting!
[01:49] * Thrall fires off an arrow at the Kuo Toa, promptly reading another and loosing it off right after!
[01:49] <Thrall> roll 1d20+11
[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27."12 [1d20=16]
[01:49] <Thrall> roll 1d20+6
[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22."12 [1d20=16]
[01:49] <Thrall> roll 2d8+8
[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 2d8+8 and gets 14."12 [2d8=1, 5]
[01:49] <Carthrat> The arrows lodges themselves in the creatures midsection, just as Re'Laizary begins her volley!
[01:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22."12 [1d20=11]
[01:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6
[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23."12 [1d20=12]
[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10."12 [1d20=4]
[01:50] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+12
[01:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d8+12 and gets 18."12 [2d8=5, 1]
[01:50] <Carthrat> The second pair dismantle the Kuo-Toa, it's body quickly toppling, the elementals regaining themselves and plunging into the water...
[01:51] <Maz> "That was fun," Maz declares, before peering into the distance. "I would like to glance at one of those Kuo-Toa circles."
[01:52] <Thrall> "We can go to the room we cleared yesterday - hopefully the elementals there will have gone by now," Thrall suggests, stowing his bow away and reclaiming his axe. "Can head for the centre area through there as well."
[01:52] <Maz> "That works," she agrees, nodding at his words.
[01:57] <Carthrat> As you return to the original watery room you first cleared out, you notice that there seems to be no other presence within it, of any kind. Excepting, of course, the corpse of the monitor you left here previously.
[01:58] * Maz ignores the corpse, and focuses her senses on the area around it.
[01:59] <Carthrat> There's a general sense of conjuration within the room, and the runes emit faint abjuration.
[02:00] <Maz> roll 1d20+16
[02:00] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18."12 [1d20=2]
[02:00] <Carthrat> OOC: Not much there
[02:01] * Maz doesn't let her frustration show, and turns back to her friends. "Well, then, I guess we go after the priest?"
[02:03] * Thrall nods. "Shall we split up and attack from more than one direction? There are four doors into the middle, after all," Thrall observes.
[02:03] <Maz> "We could attack from two directions," Maz agrees, before calling out to Lucia, "Do you have a Message spell handy?"
[02:04] * Seraphin nods, tapping her sword agaisnt one wall. "Want me to go invisible again? Or is this going to get too messy to wait that long?"
[02:05] <Maz> "Even if you can't wait, it wouldn't hurt to have you striking from the cover of invisibility."
[02:05] <Korin> "How do we split up our forces though? I doubt we want a repeat of what happened when we split up to try and encircle the first set of fish faces."
[02:05] <Carthrat> "Mm? Oh... yes, I think I do," she murmurs.
[02:06] <Maz> "Unlike that time, we can coordinate our attack now," Maz points out.
[02:06] <Thrall> "If we both strike at the same time it won't be a problem," Thrall tells Korin. "That's what the message spell is for."
[02:07] <Korin> "Alright," the swashbuckler nods.
[02:12] <Thrall> "So, Dorrin can make one group invisible, haste all of us - the non-invisible group attacks first, and then the invisible ones come from the other direction once we've got all their attention?" Thrall proposes.
[02:13] <Maz> "We open both doors at the same time, and when they only see one group, they'll concentrate on it... and those under cover of invisibility could strike more effectively."
[02:14] <Thrall> "That works as well," the half-orc agrees, nodding. "The point is to let at least half of us strike without the enemy expecting it."
[02:14] * Maz nods in agreement. "So, are we ready?"
[02:15] <Seraphin> "Sure," Seraphin nods, ready to go ahead with the plan.
[02:16] * Korin twirls his rapier and crosses it with his shortsword. "Always ready."
[02:17] <Carthrat> Dorrin gravely commences his spellcasting, infinite utility contained within his magic hands. Invisibility spells and hasting spells completed, the party gets ready for action...
[02:24] * Thrall opens the door, axe at the ready for smiting!
[02:24] <Thrall> "Go," he whispers through the message spell to the other group!
[02:30] * Korin starts to move on Thrall's suggestion!
[02:32] <Carthrat> A narrow stairwell awaits Thrall, iron grates forming a steep set of steps that plunges down towards a larger chamber! Four stagnant rivers extend roughly from where the watery rooms above were, meeting in the centre and forming a larger lake! The underground chamber extends underneath the floor of the above corridors, as do the non-flowing waters that comprise the most notable features of this place. (More.)
[02:33] <Carthrat> The rivers are dug into seperate channels within the ground, but they seem to be overflowing a little, and the entire floor is a couple inches deep with water. A massive portal, similar to the ones you've already used, stands to the south, up against the wall. Water nearby it seems to literally be sucked in, and you can make out a sandy desert beyond. You can see a pair of kuo-toas just inside the water of the central lake.
[02:34] <Carthrat> One clad in strange blue armour, the other seemingly wearing neither. Three hulking guards stand nearby, hefting mighty pincer staves as they solemnly stare at the central puddle. And, directly opposite Thrall, near the base of another staircase, are eight chanting kuo-toas, appearing similar to the mass of whips already slain!
[02:35] <Carthrat> OOC: Init, map in a sec
[02:35] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 14."12 [1d20=10]
[02:35] <Thrall> roll 1d20+2
[02:35] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9."12 [1d20=7]
[02:37] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 R
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 R and gets 16."12 [1d20=9]
[02:37] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+1 Whips
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+1 Whips and gets 2."12 [1d20=1]
[02:37] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 Goons
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 Goons and gets 4."12 [1d20=1]
[02:37] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+ ???
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+ ??? and gets Error: Check syntax."12 [1d20=8]
[02:37] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 ???
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 ??? and gets 21."12 [1d20=19]
[02:38] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 ???
[02:38] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 ??? and gets 5."12 [1d20=3]
[02:38] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 Gith
[02:38] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 Gith and gets 22."12 [1d20=19]
[02:38] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[02:38] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18."12 [1d20=12]
[02:38] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[02:38] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15."12 [1d20=9]
[02:40] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Gith > Mage > Seraphin > Re'Laizary > Korin > Maz > Thrall > Cleric > Goons > Whips'
[02:44] <Carthrat> The Githzerai holds his action for a moment, waiting for the right time to strike! There's a mumbling, bubbling sound from the un-armoured figure within the pool, and a head pops out, staring at the door headed by Thrall, before it flings forth a hand towards him! A crackle of lightning blasts forth from it's fingertips, lancing towards the green-skinned warrior! OOC: Reflex yes
[02:45] <Thrall> roll 1d20+4
[02:45] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+4 and gets 21."12 [1d20=17]
[02:45] <Carthrat> *Githyanki, har har har
[02:45] <Carthrat> roll 7d6
[02:45] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 7d6 and gets 24."12 [7d6=2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5]
[02:46] <Carthrat> He's able to sidestep partially out the way, but he still feels the heavy blast of the bolt! The Kuo-Toa keeps only it's head out of water, outstretched hand still crackling with electrical impulse!
[03:00] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary winces as Thrall is horrible electrocuted, taking a moment to pat him on the shoulder. "Head down anytime, I've got your back," she says, brightly.
[03:03] * Korin starts to clear up some room for his companions to attack as he moves towards the swarm of Kuo-Toa, his rapier being wrapped in flames as he launches an attack against the closest of the fish faces. OOC: activating dreaming furnace
[03:03] <Korin> roll 1d20+14
[03:03] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+14 and gets 30."12 [1d20=16]
[03:04] <Korin> roll 2d6+7
[03:04] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 2d6+7 and gets 13."12 [2d6=5, 1]
[03:05] <Carthrat> The beast falls to Korin's strike, flame and blade spearing it through the chest!
[03:05] <Carthrat> The Gith rushes after Korin, lashing into another of the fetid creatures with it's mighty sword!
[03:05] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 17."12 [1d20=17]
[03:05] <Carthrat> roll 2d6
[03:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d6 and gets 8."12 [2d6=2, 6]
[03:06] <Carthrat> A second fetid creature goes down, the two invisible fighters appearing from nowhere, two kills already dealt with!
[03:08] <Seraphin> Seraphin considers her options...and begins studying the mage! She moves forward cautiously, considering and focusing on the man that needs killing.
[03:09] <Carthrat> The mage is indeed rather fishy, but it's massive, bulbous eyes roll crazily within their sockets, twisting around and gazing at Korin and the Githyanki!
[03:09] <Maz> "I'll try to do something about their mage," Maz murmurs, ready to intercept any of the enemy spellcasters.
[03:15] * Thrall grunts at Maz's sister and steps onto the stairs, dropping his axe and grabbing his bow to fire a shot into the Kuo Toa that shot lightning at him!
[03:15] <Thrall> roll 1d20+11
[03:15] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26."12 [1d20=15]
[03:16] <Thrall> roll 1d8+4
[03:16] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d8+4 and gets 10."12 [1d8=6]
[03:16] <Carthrat> The arrow finds a target, the mage snapping back and wishing it could dive immediately back under the water again! Re'Laizary leans around the corner, firing a trio of shots at the creature!
[03:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19."12 [1d20=8]
[03:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26."12 [1d20=15]
[03:17] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6
[03:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11."12 [1d20=5]
[03:17] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+6
[03:17] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+6 and gets 13."12 [1d8=7]
[03:17] <Carthrat> Only one finds a target, however, hitting the beast in the side of the head! Part of it's bulbous cranium seems to deflate, but it remains alive and kicking!
[03:17] <Carthrat> From underneath the water, however, the cleric seems to be attempting to cast a spell!
[03:19] <Maz> roll 1d20+6
[03:19] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+6 and gets 13."12 [1d20=7]
[03:19] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:19] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 4."12 [1d20=4]
[03:20] <Carthrat> With a shattering sound, the the water seems to churn and ripple, and motes of wasted holy energy float from the below the surface!
[03:21] <Carthrat> Glancing at each other, two of the goonish kuo-toa swim across the lack towards the now-sextet of whips, while one moves to stand next to the the stairwell that Thrall remains at the top of! Joining hands, the whips narrow their eyes, before unleashing a stroke of lightning that grazes both Korin and the Githyanki warrior!
[03:21] <Carthrat> OOC: Reflex, Korin
[03:21] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:21] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 19."12 [1d20=19]
[03:21] <Maz> "No righteous might of Blipdoolpoloop for you?" Maz ventures, peering into the waters.
[03:23] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 20."12 [1d20=12]
[03:23] <Carthrat> roll 6d6
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 6d6 and gets 19."12 [6d6=6, 3, 2, 1, 3, 4]
[03:23] <Carthrat> The blast skims across both of them, but they are able to lean out the way and remain mostly unharmed by the foul lightning!
[03:24] <Carthrat> The Githyanki crows with joy, striking at another of the Kuo-Toans!
[03:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 9."12 [1d20=9]
[03:24] <Carthrat> roll 2d6
[03:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d6 and gets 9."12 [2d6=3, 6]
[03:24] <Carthrat> Another falls to his silvery blade, gurgling Aquan obscenities as it goes to meet it's maker!
[03:25] <Carthrat> From it's watery lair, the mage sends forth another stroke of lightning, up the stairwell, catching Maz, Re'Laizary, and Thrall in one blast, before diving back beneath the waves, shouting Aquan commands to the other Kuo-Toans in the room!
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 7d6 reflex saves Maz, Thrall
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 7d6 reflex saves Maz, Thrall and gets 28."12 [7d6=5, 3, 5, 2, 5, 2, 6]
[03:25] <Thrall> roll 1d20+4
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6."12 [1d20=2]
[03:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8
[03:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13."12 [1d20=5]
[03:26] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[03:26] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 8."12 [1d20=3]
[03:27] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary chokes back a cry, her eyes watering a little from the terrible lightning that shocks her body! Thrall and Maz do no better, the strobing blast cutting through them both!
[03:27] * Thrall grunts in pain, not liking this at all! If only he wore less cumbersome armour...
[03:28] <Seraphin> Seraphin growls, taking out her frustration on the nearest and largest Kuo-toa in a flash of her blades!
[03:28] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 haste
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 haste and gets 24."12 [1d20=13]
[03:28] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 normal
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 normal and gets 30."12 [1d20=19]
[03:28] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15 crit threat
[03:28] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+15 crit threat and gets 18."12 [1d20=3]
[03:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+9 second
[03:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+9 second and gets 18."12 [1d20=9]
[03:29] <Seraphin> roll 8d6+10
[03:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 8d6+10 and gets 40."12 [8d6=6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 6, 6, 2]
[03:30] <Carthrat> In a disgusting pair of strikes, Seraphin dismantles her unlucky target, his staff dropping to the ground before it ever got a chance of being used...
[03:30] <Carthrat> Growling furiously at the lack of vengeance, Re'Laizary narrows her eyes, simply scanning the water, a trio of arrows drawn and at the ready...
[03:32] * Korin likewise proceeds to select himself a new target, one close enough to dismantle in a flurry of attacks. Ignoring the irritation from his brush with lightning, he launches his own attack, two rapid strikes with his flaming rapier before his shortsword, likewise wrapped in flames, snakes forward to cut into some amphibian meat.
[03:32] <Korin> roll 1d20+12 haste attack
[03:32] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 haste attack and gets 17."12 [1d20=5]
[03:32] <Korin> roll 1d20+12 normal rapier
[03:32] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 normal rapier and gets 28."12 [1d20=16]
[03:32] <Korin> roll 1d20+11 shortsword
[03:32] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+11 shortsword and gets 20."12 [1d20=9]
[03:33] <Korin> roll 6d6+18
[03:33] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 6d6+18 and gets 46."12 [6d6=6, 6, 3, 4, 3, 6]
[03:34] <Carthrat> Korin's second target likewise falls, leaving only four whips remaining, half of their original number!
[03:36] * Maz throws her left arm forward, the wand in it discharging two bright missiles at the Kuo-Toa facing Thrall.
[03:36] <Maz> roll 2d4+2
[03:36] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 2d4+2 and gets 8."12 [2d4=3, 3]
[03:36] <Carthrat> It grunts as the bolts connect, but remains bravely standing up, undaunted!
[03:37] * Thrall fires off a pair of arrows at the Kuo Toa at the bottom of the stairs, no other especially good targets presenting themselves.
[03:37] <Thrall> roll 1d20+11
[03:37] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23."12 [1d20=12]
[03:37] <Thrall> roll 1d20+6
[03:37] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22."12 [1d20=16]
[03:37] <Thrall> roll 2d8+8
[03:37] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 2d8+8 and gets 13."12 [2d8=1, 4]
[03:38] <Carthrat> The arrows lodge themselves in it's stomach, but beyond a a 12"MARGRGMRGR!" of pain, it stays undaunted! Below the waves, the still-visible cleric casts another spell, it's form growing in size, glowing with a palpable blue aura! The two staff-wielding thugs lash out, one going after Thrall, the other attempting to strike Seraphin!
[03:38] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 T
[03:39] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 T and gets 5."12 [1d20=5]
[03:39] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 S
[03:39] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 S and gets 15."12 [1d20=15]
[03:39] <Carthrat> roll 1d10+6
[03:40] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10+6 and gets 10."12 [1d10=4]
[03:40] <Carthrat> OOC: Make.... a grapple check.
[03:40] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:40] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 20."12 [1d20=20]
[03:40] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+7
[03:40] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+7 and gets 12."12 [1d20=5]
[03:41] <Carthrat> The mighty pincers close around Seraphin, and they begin to *squeeze*. She's locked fast, held in place by the signiature weapon of this lout! Thrall is luckier, his armour not granting purchase to his opponent's blades! Two whips dive into the water, but two more stand on either side of their larger friend, quickly casting spells upon him!
[03:41] <Carthrat> The Githzerai lets out a shout, and moves to cut one down!
[03:41] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:41] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 15."12 [1d20=15]
[03:42] <Carthrat> roll 2d6
[03:42] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d6 and gets 9."12 [2d6=5, 4]
[03:42] <Carthrat> He succeeds admirably, one more whip reduced to nothing but slime!
[03:42] <Carthrat> The wizard from the depths pops out once more... right into line with Re'Laizary's arrows!
[03:42] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:42] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:42] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:42] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 2."12 [1d20=2]
[03:42] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 4."12 [1d20=4]
[03:42] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 4."12 [1d20=4]
[03:42] <Carthrat> ...or so she really, really wished.
[03:43] <Carthrat> With a gesture and a word phrased like a curse, Thrall feels a sudden, terrible urge to throw up, his lungs seeming to bubble and burst, overflowing.. with water?!
[03:43] <Thrall> roll 1d20+9
[03:43] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20."12 [1d20=11]
[03:44] <Carthrat> roll 7d6
[03:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 7d6 and gets 30."12 [7d6=3, 5, 6, 6, 1, 5, 4]
[03:44] <Carthrat> Somehow, he's able to shake off the worst of it, breathing despite the pain of suffocation! He still feels miserable, water lpractically coming out of his ears.. but he can still fight!
[03:45] * Thrall grimaces horribly, spitting and scowling. That mage needs a few more arrows in his head, clearly.
[03:46] <Seraphin> Seraphin, berefit of using her arms for the moment, focuses on her tiara, unleashing a blast of searing flame onto the Kuo-Toa holding her!
[03:47] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+10
[03:47] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21."12 [1d20=11]
[03:48] <Seraphin> roll 4d6+4
[03:48] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 4d6+4 and gets 23."12 [4d6=6, 5, 2, 6]
[03:48] <Carthrat> The blast flashes into her opponent's chest, leaving terrible burns across it's bulbous body! It shrieks in pain, but still holds fast!
[03:49] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary swears a horrible, horrible curse, ignoring Thrall's plight to fire more arrows at the swimming mage that foolishly exposed itself!
[03:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 1."12 [1d20=1]
[03:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 5."12 [1d20=5]
[03:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 12."12 [1d20=12]
[03:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+6
[03:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+6 and gets 9."12 [1d8=3]
[03:49] <Carthrat> One more shot strikes it, but it remains alive... albeit barely!
[03:54] * Korin starts moving towards the remaining whip on their side, certain that Seraphin appears to have her own opponent well in hand. He stops though and heads to help Seraphin when he sees her attack did not finish it off. She'd probably manage on her own, but why not save her the trouble? Again, his rapier jabs twice, before his shortsword flashes forward to finish.
[03:54] <Korin> roll 1d20+12
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19."12 [1d20=7]
[03:54] <Korin> roll 1d20+12
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26."12 [1d20=14]
[03:54] <Korin> roll 1d20+11
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23."12 [1d20=12]
[03:55] <Carthrat> Korin's trio of blows slaughter the remaining worshipper of Blipdoolpoloop The Unpronouncable, leaving a lone brute still holding onto the tiefling rogue!
[03:56] * Maz joins her sister, sending a pair of missiles to batter the barely-living enemy mage.
[03:57] <Maz> roll 2d4+2
[03:57] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 2d4+2 and gets 7."12 [2d4=1, 4]
[03:58] <Carthrat> Korin's trio of blows slaughter the thug holding onto Seraphin, leaving a lone worshipper of Blipdoolpoloop to face tiefling wrath! The mage likewise plunges into the water, seeming to have run out of consciousness...
[03:59] * Thrall drops his bow, picks up his axe, and takes a five foot step forward to strike into the head of the Kuo Toa that tried to hit him just now!
[03:59] <Thrall> roll 1d20+11 (-6 power attack)
[03:59] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+11 (-6 power attack) and gets 28."12 [1d20=17]
[04:00] <Thrall> roll 1d12+24
[04:00] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d12+24 and gets 30."12 [1d12=6]
[04:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 18."12 [1d20=18]
[04:00] <Thrall> roll 1d6 for fire since I forgot that as well
[04:00] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d6 for fire since I forgot that as well and gets 5."12 [1d6=5]
[04:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d10
[04:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d10 and gets 6."12 [1d10=6]
[04:00] <Carthrat> OOC: Grapple check GO
[04:01] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:01] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 2."12 [1d20=2]
[04:01] <Thrall> roll 1d20+13
[04:01] * Hatbot --> "Thrall rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32."12 [1d20=19]
[04:02] <Carthrat> The kuo-toa's first strikes is dangerously lethal, coming close to putting Thrall out for the count! Thrall's coutnerblow is nothing short of spectacular, given his condition; his opponent, though he's not dead yet, looks like he really, really wants to be that way.
[04:03] * Thrall kinda looks a bit worse for the wear himself, though not as visibly wounded since most of it is due to electrical frying of his innards.
[04:03] <Carthrat> With a gigantic splash, however, a bizzare-looking entity springs out the water! It takes a moment before you fully recognize it as a kuo-toa, swathed from head to toe is surreal blue armour, carved and chained together out of metal fins and shark teeth! Wielding a massive pincer stave in one hand, you can see a faint web of blue water extending across it, shimmering slightly in the gloom; 12"MRGRGRGHRLGHLEGHELGHELGE! MRGRGHL, MGRGHLE!"
[04:03] <Carthrat> MGRGHLE!"
[04:05] <Carthrat> The last whip takes stock of his situation, chooses the wisest course of action, and dives for the centre pool once more.
[04:05] <Carthrat> The Githyanki bravely charges forward, running in past the guard of the massive kuo-toan!
[04:05] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+18
[04:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+18 and gets 19."12 [1d20=1]
[04:05] <Carthrat> roll 1d20 rofl missed
[04:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 rofl missed and gets 16."12 [1d20=16]
[04:05] <Carthrat> roll 2d6
[04:05] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d6 and gets 10."12 [2d6=5, 5]
[04:06] <Thrall> "Healing, now!" Thrall snaps as he holds off the pincer-staff wielding Kuo-toa, not liking his odds against the big one in his current state.
[04:06] <Maz> "Retreat, we'll finish it off," Maz responds to Thrall, eyeing the pincer-wielding brute.
[04:06] <Carthrat> He easily evades it's attempt at a counterblow, and manages to take first blood against the creature! At Thrall's cry, Lucia edges towards the door, glancing at Maz and Re'Laizary, both of whom are in the- "Get out the WAY," she snaps, mostly at Re'Laizary.
[04:09] <Carthrat> A figure you really wish you didn't have to see again pops out of the lake, the mage from before returning, his wounds apparently healed, somewhat! Clenching it's fishlike teeth in fury, it fires a volley of magical missiles towards Thrall, three bolts swooping around to slam into his sides!
[04:09] <Carthrat> roll 3d4+3
[04:09] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d4+3 and gets 10."12 [3d4=2, 3, 2]
[04:09] <Carthrat> OOC: Gack, that's 4d4
[04:10] <Carthrat> roll 1d4+1
[04:10] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4+1 and gets 3."12 [1d4=2]
[04:12] <Carthrat> With a fell thump, Thrall topples to his knees, axe slipping from his grasp, before he completes his fall, lying face-first across the staircase. The fiery axe makes a metallic clang as it plummets downward, the embers twitcthing and dying. Like their master.
[04:13] <Seraphin> OOC - Hold action for He Who Does Not Need Sneak Attack.
[04:14] <Maz> "You shall not leave this place alive," Maz tells the mage in a deathly quiet voice, her eyes almost glowing as she glares at it.
[04:14] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary doesn't have words at the moment, deciding to make good on Maz's words and firing a trio of arrows at the mage, heedless of the kuo-toa barely fifteen feet away from her.
[04:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:14] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 16."12 [1d20=16]
[04:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 9."12 [1d20=9]
[04:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 9."12 [1d20=9]
[04:14] <Carthrat> roll 3d8+18
[04:14] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 3d8+18 and gets 35."12 [3d8=1, 8, 8]
[04:15] <Carthrat> With something of a satisfying crunchs, the arrows embed themselves into the mages eyes, bringing him to his just reward.
[04:19] * Korin moves towards the large opponent that made its presence apparent, making an acrobatic display of tumbles and jumps as he makes his way to it hoping to avoid any counterattacks before he attempts to pierce through its body with his flaming rapier.
[04:20] <Carthrat> OOC: Tumble check?
[04:20] <Korin> roll 1d20+16
[04:20] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+16 and gets 22."12 [1d20=6]
[04:20] <Carthrat> OOC: Go nuts
[04:20] <Korin> roll 1d20+14
[04:20] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+14 and gets 25."12 [1d20=11]
[04:20] <Carthrat> OOC: Hit
[04:20] <Korin> roll 2d6+7
[04:20] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 2d6+7 and gets 16."12 [2d6=4, 5]
[04:21] <Carthrat> Korin scores a flaming blow on the creature, it's mighty staff unable to get a clear shot at the tiefling acrobat!
[04:21] * Maz gestures at the waters where the cleric dwells, and her shadow grows, menacing in appearance, and spread unnaturally fast towards it, enveloping the high priest of the Kuo-Toa!
[04:22] <Maz> roll 1d20+7
[04:22] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21."12 [1d20=14]
[04:22] <Carthrat> The creature shrinks in size instantly, terrible blue aura simply fading away!
[04:22] <Carthrat> It still grips it's magical staff in both hands, eyes twitching with fury!
[04:23] <Carthrat> Taking a step back, it nonetheless lashes out at Korin, staff dripping with fluid as it whirls about!
[04:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 1."12 [1d20=1]
[04:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 9."12 [1d20=9]
[04:23] <Maz> "None shall escape," Maz says in that same quiet voice, not taking her eyes off the distant cleric.
[04:24] <Carthrat> Neither blow connects with Korin, the tiefling simply ducking out the way of the oversized weapon...
[04:24] <Carthrat> Uttering a second mighty roar, the Gith steps foward, blade flashing in the darkness!
[04:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 11."12 [1d20=11]
[04:24] <Carthrat> It missses, however, just glancing off the armour of the creature!
[04:28] <Seraphin> Seraphin's eyes cloud over in a stream of bloody mist, a low, guttural growl emanating from her throat as she closes in like a lightning bolt with the creature, her shortswords flashing like steely teeth of hate that try to tear the cleric's life away from it like it did to her friend!
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 haste
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 haste and gets 22."12 [1d20=11]
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 haste
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 haste and gets 18."12 [1d20=7]
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 normal
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11 normal
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 normal and gets 12."12 [1d20=1]
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 normal and gets 15."12 [1d20=4]
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+9 second
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+9 second
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+9 second and gets 12."12 [1d20=3]
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+9 second and gets 28."12 [1d20=19]
[04:29] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+9 crit confirm
[04:29] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+9 crit confirm and gets 13."12 [1d20=4]
[04:30] <Seraphin> roll 8d6+7
[04:30] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 8d6+7 and gets 39."12 [8d6=5, 5, 4, 1, 3, 4, 6, 4]
[04:31] <Carthrat> Seraphin's doublet of blows finishes off the flailing cleric, but rather than simply die, the body transforms into liquid, a think, slimy, viscous goo, that oozes out across the ground before dissapating. Only one Kuo-Toa remains....
[04:31] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:31] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:31] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:31] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 3."12 [1d20=3]
[04:31] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 7."12 [1d20=7]
[04:31] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 20."12 [1d20=20]
[04:31] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[04:31] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 6."12 [1d20=6]
[04:31] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+12
[04:31] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d8+12 and gets 22."12 [2d8=2, 8]
[04:31] <Carthrat> ...but not for long.
[04:32] <Carthrat> Lucia stares through the door, healing wand clutched in her fingers, face utterly distraught, crushed, sad beyond recognition. Re'Laizary lowers her bow, closing her eyes with a sigh...
[04:33] * Maz walks towards Thrall, stopping next to his body and simply looking at it blankly.
[04:36] * Korin cleans his swords off on his sheaths before putting them away, frowning as he looks towards the crowd gathering around Thrall. He says nothing, knowing that the others were much closer friends with the half-orc.
[04:37] <Seraphin> Seraphin's shoulders slump, staring over at the body, but unable even to really drag herself over to it. "...Such is the life we lead," she sighs, eyes clearing of their mist, the tiefling jsut cleaning off her swords.
[04:38] <Maz> "At least we avenged him," she says uncertainly.
[04:40] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary looks like she's about to say something, but clamps her mouth shut, looking away. Lucia just stares, tears forming in her eyes...
[04:42] <Maz> "He would've wanted to go this way," Maz adds, eyeing the fallen half-orc. "In battle, with a flaming axe in his arms...."
[04:43] * Korin is tempted to say that he would have preferred to go out of old age, but says nothing, not wanting to damage the moment for the sad female tieflings.
[04:48] <Carthrat> "...oi, doesn't this happen all the time in the business?" mutters Re'Laizary. "Honestly, geez, how hard is it to get it together..."
[04:49] <Maz> "He was very strong, and kind, and wanted to help us kill all of our bad relatives," Maz admonishes Relly. "We should give his memory a moment, at the very least."

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